| 释义 |
be-all, n. phr.|ˈbiːɔːl|
That which is or constitutes the whole; the whole being: a Shaksperian phrase in common modern use.
1605Shakes. Macb. i. vii. 5 That but this blow Might be the be all, and the end all. 1830Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) I. 218 This is the end-all and be-all of the anti-liberals' piety. 1854E. Neale Min. Canon ii. 30 With whom money was the ‘be-all and end-all of existence.’ |