我不太喜欢这份工作——它只是达到目的的一种手段。

I didn't particularly like the job - it was just ___a ___means ___to ___an ___end.

大型国际体育赛事可以被理解为达到目的的一种手段，或者本身就是目的。

Major international sports competitions can either be understood as ___a ___means ___to ___an ___end or an end in their own right.

对他来说，努力学习仅仅是达到目的的手段：找到一份好工作。

For him, studying hard was merely ___a ___means ___to ___an ___end: getting a good job.