the meaning of it all

常见例句

I finally discovered the meaning of it all.
我终于发现它全部的意义。
That really is the question, what is the meaning of it all?
这确实就是这个问题，究竟这一切意味着什么？
LOUIS: But you must know something about the meaning of it all…
路易：但你一定知道其中的意义……
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It gets in the way of arriving too quickly at meaning, if indeed one arrives at meaning at all.
当你想理解含义时却偏不让你迅速理解，前提是你真的理解了。
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I'm going to say, "Ah, this is just what the text means," but at the same time, I'll be finding ways, without realizing it, of affirming certain kinds of meaning and discrediting certain other kinds of meaning -all the while saying, "Oh, it's just meaning. I'm not doing that."
我将会说，“啊哈，这就是作品的意思“,但同时，不必实现它，我会找到方法，来肯定一些意思,并怀疑另一些意思,同时说，“哦，这只是意思而已，我不会做那样做“
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