of the essence

基本解释

When time is not of the essence give the team time to work the issue.
如果时间上的要求不迫切，就要给团队时间让他们去解决问题。
It does not trade on being “made in Germany”, whereas for luxury goods from France their Frenchness is part of the essence of the brand.
它并不刻意强调“德国制造”，反而是那些来自法国的奢侈品牌，他们的“法国身份”本身就已经构成了品牌文化的精髓。
What I found is that unless I am on top of my game and choosing to “be productive”, I easily fall back into the pit of procrastination, where time is never “of the essence”.
我发现，除非我为了选择“更有效率”而非玩游戏，不然我又会落入拖延的陷阱，在这点上时间从不是“本质原因”。

military in helping restore stability in Afghanistan, and he said time is of the essence.
If that is slighted, then something of the essence is lost.
忽视了这点，就遗失了精华所在。
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Many commentators have observed that The change in name accompanies a change in character, a change of essence in Israel.
许多评论家发现,名字的改变也伴随着性格的改变，以色列本质的改变。
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"Time is of the essence, especially when we have a specific launch date, " said Sankaran.
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