being

['bi:iŋ]

n.存在,人,生物,本质
adj.现在的,目前的

n.

1. 存在; 生存; 生命[U]

When did the universe come into being?

宇宙最初是何时形成的?

2. 生物; 人[C]

Has anybody ever seen any beings from outer space?

有人见到过外星人吗?

3. (常指有生命体之)本质[U]

词形变化

名词复数：beings

词义辨析

同义:

n.存在, 真理, 生命力

existence  life  living  vital force  vital principle  vitality  life force  presence  ubiquity  omnipresence  truth  verity

n.物质, 本质, 气质

substance  principle  nature  essence  quiddity  essentials  character  temperament  entity

n.生物, 人

creature  person

n.上帝

God  the Creator  the Almighty  the Supreme Being

n.心灵, 灵魂, 精神

soul  spirit  

同义参见:

individual  human  thing  self  blood  organism  

英英释义

名词 being:

the state or fact of existing

同义词：beingness, existence

a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

同义词：organism

动词 be:

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

同义词：be

be identical to; be someone or something

同义词：be

occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

同义词：be

have an existence, be extant

同义词：exist, be

happen, occur, take place

同义词：be

be identical or equivalent to

同义词：equal, be

form or compose

同义词：constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be

work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

同义词：be, follow

represent, as of a character on stage

同义词：embody, be, personify

spend or use time

同义词：be

have life, be alive

同义词：be, live

to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

同义词：be

be priced at

同义词：cost, be

短语词组

come into being

1. 形成

We do not know when this world came into being.

我们不知道世界是何时形成的。

for the time being

1. 暂时; 眼下, 目前

Let's share the room for the time being.

我们暂时合住一个房间吧!

Let's do it just for the time being.

我们暂时这么做吧。

in being

1. 现有的; 存在的

This school should be kept in being.

这所学校应予以保留。

补充

beingbeing英:[ˈbi:ɪŋ] 美:[ˈbiɪŋ]n.1.生物, 人2.存在, 生存

例句

1. People expect a horse to perform like a car, with no thought for its feelings as a living being.人们希望马会像汽车一样不知疲倦, 根本不曾去想它也是有感觉的生命。 2. Abraham Maslow described psychology as 'the science of being'.亚伯拉罕·马斯洛把心理学称作“存在的科学”。 3. A staggering multiplicity of oceanic lifeforms came into being.出现了种类异常繁多的海洋生物。 4. Half a century ago, the National Health Service came into being.国民医疗保健制度形成于半个世纪前。 5. The Kingdom of Italy formally came into being on 17 March 1861.意大利王国于1861年3月17日正式成立。 6. the story of how the universe came into being关于宇宙形成的故事 7. the complex process by which the novel is brought into being这部小说创作的复杂过程 8. She put her whole being into the part.她全身心投入到角色中去。 9. It being a Sunday, the old men had the day off.因为那是个星期天, 所以老人休假。 10. Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it.小男孩因为天性可能会决定在上面玩一玩。 11. Of course, being young, I did not worry.当然, 既然还年轻, 我也不担心。 12. the railway brought many towns into being.铁路的建成使许多城镇兴起。 13. the single market came into being in 1993.该单一市场形成于1993年。 14. the factions remained in being.派系依然存在。 15. holism promotes a unified way of being.整体论提倡一种统一的生活方式。 16. sometimes one aspect of our being has been developed at the expense of the others.有时人类特性中某一方面的发展是以牺牲其他方面为代价的。 17. alien beings.外星人。 18. a rational being.有理智的生物。 19. a human being一个人 20. a human/alien/mythical being人；外星人；神话人物 21. sentient/sexual beings有感知力/有性的生物 22. philosophies of being有关存在的哲学思想 23. The story of how the university came into being [=began to exist; came to be] is quite fascinating.这所大学的建校史十分有趣。 24. a social movement that was brought into being in the 1960s发生于20世纪60年代的社会运动 25. I knew it was true in the core of my being.在内心深处，我知道这是真实的。 26. He loved music with his whole being. [=he deeply loved music]他全身心地热爱音乐。 27. "being that/as it was too late to go home, we stayed the night at a hotel."因为太晚了回不了家，我们就在酒店过了一夜。 28. "It should be her decision, being as how she's the one who's paying for it."这应该由她做决定，因为她才是该对此事负责的人。