The move is a means to fight crime.

这个行动是打击犯罪的一种手段。

He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.

他不怎么喜欢这项工作，只是把它看作达到目的的手段而已。

The army had perfected the use of terror as a means of controlling the population.

军队已经能很好地利用恐怖手段来控制这里的人们。

The government must not use this initiative as a means of resolving the pension problem through the back door.

该政府绝不可使用这种方式，采取不正当的措施解决养老金问题。

Fiction writing as a means of living is no easy task.

写小说作为一种谋生手段绝非易事。

Statistical analysis is a means of arriving at a fairly reliable forecast.

统计分析是得出相当可靠预测的一种手段。

Our sense of smell is a means of, and model for, interacting with the world.

我们的嗅觉是与这个世界互动的一种方式，也是一种模型。

If we value something not as a means to something else, but for its own sake, let us say that it has "intrinsic value".

如果我们重视某物不是因为把它看作达成其他目标的手段，而是因为它本身，我们就说它有“内在价值”。

Amphons city council wants to introduce cremation that is burning the dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problem.

安丰市议会想要采用火葬的方法，将尸体焚烧作为处理这一问题的一种方式。

Fortunately, a group of astrophysicists has proposed a means of detecting cosmic neutrinos by harnessing the mass of the ocean.

幸运的是，一些天体物理学家提出了一种通过控制海洋质量来探测宇宙中微子的方法。

Often far away from home, we may start by keeping in contact with our parents, as a means to meet our obligations as part of our family.

通常如果离家很远的话，我们可以从与父母保持联系开始，作为家庭一份子履行家庭义务的一种方式。

He appears to see the many barriers to trade thrown up by his rent-seeking minions as a means of preventing multinationals from taking over.

他似乎认为，他那些寻租的下属设置的许多贸易壁垒是阻止跨国公司收购的一种手段。

Patents were filed more for strategic purposes, to be used as bargaining chips to ward off infringement suites or as a means to block competitors' products.

专利申请更多的是出于战略目的，被用作抵御侵权案件的讨价还价筹码，或者作为阻止竞争对手产品发展的手段。

Graphics are included not merely as a means of making the information easier for the student to grasp, but as an integral part of the way social scientists think.

加入图形不仅是让学生更容易掌握信息的手段，也是社会科学家思考方式的一个组成部分。

However, mimicking the compensation policy of competitors for the sake of parity means neglecting the value of compensation as a means of stressing long-term performance.

然而，为了平等而模仿竞争对手的薪酬政策，意味着忽视了薪酬作为一种强调长期绩效的手段的价值。

In turn, international tourism became the concern of a number of world governments since it not only provided new employment opportunities but also produced a means of earning foreign exchange.

反之，国际旅游业也引起了一些国家政府的关注，因为它不仅提供了新的就业机会，而且创造了赚取外汇的手段。

For me a car is just a means of getting from A to B.

在我看来，汽车只不过是从一地到另一地的代步工具。

It was an object lesson in how to use television as a means of persuasion.

这是利用电视作为劝导方式的一个实例。

As a means of communication, mobile phone has a lot of advantages.

作为一种通讯工具，手机具有许多的优点。

As a means of transportation, the river carried various vessels up and down its length.

作为一种运输工具，这条河上下运载着各种各样的船只。

For thousands of years they have had to rely on catching sea mammals and fish as a means of sustenance.

数千年来，它们不得不依靠捕食海中的哺乳动物和鱼类为生。

I desire to engage in exercise and I value exercise extrinsically, not for its own sake, but as a means to something beyond it.

我喜欢锻炼并看重其外在价值，并不是因为锻炼本身，而是把它作为达到一些目的的手段。

Matthew Hill, senior manager at the two-year-old SoHo restaurant Yorkshire Pudding, also uses better ingredients as a means of improving dishes.

马修·希尔是约克郡布丁餐厅的高级经理，这家餐厅是已有两年历史的SoHo餐厅，他也使用了更好的食材来改善菜肴。

If she had possessed a leash, her mother would have been fastened to it as a means of tugging her along to keep step with the rush of other shoppers.

如果她有皮带的话，可能会用皮带拴住母亲，拉着她走在匆忙赶来的其他顾客中间。

I know that it's also being used by students as a means of increasing their chances of success, in the way that lecture notes can be shared and ideas discussed.

我知道它也被学生们用作一种增加成功机率的手段，通过分享课堂笔记和讨论观点来实现。

Centuries later, Marsilio Ficino similarly promoted drinking young blood as a means for the elderly to regain their youthful vigor.

几个世纪后，马西里奥·菲奇诺同样提倡饮酒，以此作为老年人恢复年轻活力的一种手段。

They were deploring their parents' omission to endow them with so splendid a means of appealing to the Zamindar.

他们在抱怨着他们的父母没有赋予他们这种向地主请愿的卓越口才。

Refactoring is a means to an end.

重构是达到目标的一种方法。

It is a means to an end.

这是实现目标的一个方法。