defeats the purpose.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

He therefore defeats, in his own case, the very purpose which is the justification of allowing him to dispose of himself.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

したがって彼は、自分自身のことについては、自らを裁量してよしとする正当化のまさに目的をくつがえしています。 - John Stuart Mill『自由について』

I reported this issue at the informal gathering with Cabinet ministers as well. As exemplified by documents that universities are required to submit to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), documents which various institutions are required to submit not only to the FSA but also to other government offices have substantially increased over the past decade. I will give you an example as a doctor: back in the day, few documents had to be prepared upon medical examination, but nowadays we have to write documents in detail. To go to the extreme, we could say that we spend more time writing documents than examining patients. This defeats the purpose.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

そのことも閣僚懇で申し上げまして、各他の役所もここ10年間、例えば、文部科学省が大学に書類を求めるように、色々な機関に提出を求める書類が物凄く増えています。私も医者ですけれども、本当にお医者さんが患者さんを診たら、昔は書類なんかそんなに出さなくても良かったけど、（今は）もう細かく書類を書けと言って、極端な話、患者さんを診る時間よりも書類を書く時間の方が長いような感じがありまして、本末転倒でございます。 - 金融庁