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being

noun
 
🔊/ˈbiːɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbiːɪŋ/
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  1.  
     [uncountable] existence存在；生存
    • The Irish Free State came into being in 1922.爱尔兰自由邦成立于 1922 年。🔊🔊
    • A new era was brought into being by the war.那场战争带来了一个新的时代。🔊🔊
    see also well-being
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + being
    • be brought into
    • come into
    See full entry
  2.  
     [countable] a living creature生物
    • human beings人
    • a strange being from another planet来自另一星球的奇怪生物
    • No living being deserves to be treated this way.没有任何生物值得这样对待。
    Extra Examples
    • I work on the assumption that people are rational beings.我的研究以人是理性动物这一假设为基础。
    • Dolphins are highly intelligent beings.海豚是非常聪明的生物。
    • They claim to have proof that alien beings have landed on Earth.他们声称有证据证明外星人已经降落在地球上。
    Topics Biologyb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • human
    • living
    • intelligent
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [uncountable] (formal) your mind and all of your feelings思想感情；身心
    • I hated him with my whole being.我从心底憎恨他。🔊🔊
    4. see also be