be-all
n. 生命中的一切,最要緊的事
For some people, competing is the be-all and end-all of their running.
對於有些人來說,賽跑的全部意義就是競爭。
Do you think it would be all right if I smoked?
我可以抽菸嗎?
"I'll be all right," he said airily. "It was only a thought."
“我會沒事的,”他漫不經心地說,“那只是想想而已。”
Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer.
任由鹿糟蹋會很容易把莊稼都毀了。
"He seems to be all right now," reported a relieved Taylor.
“他現在看上去沒事了,”泰勒放心地報告。