be of the essence

常見例句

Speed will be of the essence.
要的就是速度。
Speed will be of the essence, and achieved by using free energy that abounds in the Universe.
快速化將會是其本質(zhì)，并且使用的是來自宇宙的自由能源。
Continuing to tune its products to the budgets and aspirations of local shoppers will surely be of the essence.
繼續(xù)對當(dāng)?shù)刭徺I者鼓吹其產(chǎn)品，以贏取預(yù)算和意愿，肯定會是王道。

That passage is often taken to be, the beginning of chapter 15, the essence of Machiavelli and realism, a kind of Realpolitik, as it were.
第，15，章開頭的這一段落，常被解讀為，馬奇亞維利與現(xiàn)實主義的精髓，一種現(xiàn)實政治，其實它就是。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
The Elder Brother is explaining that these angels will: Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal.
大哥解釋說，這些天使將會：,在身體上投射光束，在心里未受污染的殿堂上投射光束，把它變回靈魂的本質(zhì)，直到全部人都變成不朽的人。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
This seems to be, in many ways, the essence of his teaching.
從很多層面看來，這看似他講學(xué)的精義所在。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Indeed, managing that capital—both its amount and its cost—ought to be the essence of an insurance manager's job description.
ECONOMIST: Capital punishment
Yet most of the photos taken with these phones will be grainy and of low resolution—fine for capturing the essence of a moment to send to friends and family, but not good enough to frame for the wall.
ECONOMIST: Camera-phones
Far from being an endangered species, America's blue-collar workers were proved on September 11th to be the very essence of their country.
ECONOMIST: Lexington