be-all
n. 生命中的一切,最要紧的事
For some people, competing is the be-all and end-all of their running.
对于有些人来说,赛跑的全部意义就是竞争。
Do you think it would be all right if I smoked?
我可以抽烟吗?
"I'll be all right," he said airily. "It was only a thought."
“我会没事的,”他漫不经心地说,“那只是想想而已。”
Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer.
任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。
"He seems to be all right now," reported a relieved Taylor.
“他现在看上去没事了,”泰勒放心地报告。