英语词汇“an end in itself”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	an end in itself
释义	an end in itself phrase If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else. While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end initself. See full dictionary entry for end Examples of 'an end in itself' in a sentence an end in itself The system becomes an end in itself. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It has ceased to be a means to an end and has become an end in itself. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In the public sector the avoidance of complaints has become an end in itself. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Data collection about whales had become an end in itself. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) But shopping has become an end in itself. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Tragically, the means becomes an end in itself. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Smoking was originally used as a means of preserving salmon, but has now become an end in itself. Smith, Drew Food Watch (1994) Study, of course, can become an end in itself. Christianity Today (2000)
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an end in itself