being
n
1 [U]
(a) existence 存在: the richest company in being today 現今實力最為雄厚的公司
What is the purpose of our being? 我們生存的目的是什麼?
(b) one's essence or nature; self 本質; 本性; 本身
I detest violence with my whole being. 我從心底里憎惡暴力.
2 [C] living creature 生物: human beings 人
a strange being from another planet 來自其他星球的奇異生物.
3 (idm 習語) bring sth into `being cause sth to have reality or existence; create sth 使某事物產生或存在; 創造出某物. ,come into `being begin to exist 開始存在
When did the world come into being? 世界是何時開始存在的?
?? 考研助記
后綴:ing (名詞詞尾)構成抽象名詞,表示行為
?? 擴展釋義
*['bi:i?]n. 存在, 性質, 生命, 人, 生物, be的現在分詞相關詞組: come into being for the time being in being