英语词汇“the end justifies the means”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Proverb. the end justifies the means. [Compare classical Latin exitus ācta probat the outcome sanctions the means (Ovid Heroides 2. 85).]

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1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. 260 The ende good, doeth not by and by make the meanes good.]

1718 M. Prior Hans Carvel 67 The end must justifie the means; He only sins who ill intends.

1761 Authentic Mem. Portuguese Inquisition xxxii. 439 If the end did not justify the means, the subtilest Jesuit would..be much at a loss how to justify it.

1805 Evening Fire-side 13 Mar. 143/1 A writer may have very ‘benevolent views’; but the end does not justify the means he or she may improperly make use of to promote it.

1892 W. P. Trent William Gilmore Simms i. 10 The end justified the means with the young student, and deception was resorted to.

1941 ‘H. Bailey’ Smiling Corpse 238 ‘The police don't like to have their bodies moved.’..‘In this case the end justifies the means.’

2003 Church Times 31 Oct. 9/3 Whilst there still might be some reservations about the means, the end justified them.

单词	the end justifies the means
释义	> as lemmas the end justifies the means Proverb. the end justifies the means. [Compare classical Latin exitus ācta probat the outcome sanctions the means (Ovid Heroides 2. 85).] ΚΠ 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. 260 The ende good, doeth not by and by make the meanes good.] 1718 M. Prior Hans Carvel 67 The end must justifie the means; He only sins who ill intends. 1761 Authentic Mem. Portuguese Inquisition xxxii. 439 If the end did not justify the means, the subtilest Jesuit would..be much at a loss how to justify it. 1805 Evening Fire-side 13 Mar. 143/1 A writer may have very ‘benevolent views’; but the end does not justify the means he or she may improperly make use of to promote it. 1892 W. P. Trent William Gilmore Simms i. 10 The end justified the means with the young student, and deception was resorted to. 1941 ‘H. Bailey’ Smiling Corpse 238 ‘The police don't like to have their bodies moved.’..‘In this case the end justifies the means.’ 2003 Church Times 31 Oct. 9/3 Whilst there still might be some reservations about the means, the end justified them. extracted from justifyv. < as lemmas
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