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I ˈbiːɪŋ Reason Living Brought Noun Beings  A

word being
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/bi͟ːɪŋ/
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Being is the present participle of be .
    2
    [V-LINK 连系动词](用于说明原因的非限定性从句中)因为,由于 Being is used in non-finite clauses where you are giving the reason for something.
      [V n]
      [V adj]
      [Also V prep]
    • It being a Sunday, the old men had the day off...

      因为是星期天,所以老人都休息。

    • Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it...

      出于天性,小男孩们可能会决定利用这一点。

    • Of course, being young, I did not worry.

      当然,因为还年轻,所以我并不担心。

    3
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
    human being
    生物 You can refer to any real or imaginary creature as a being .
    • People expect a horse to perform like a car, with no thought for its feelings as a living being.

      人们希望马能像汽车一样,完全没有考虑到马作为一种有生命的动物会有什么样的感受。

    • ...beings from outer space.

      来自外太空的生物

    4
    [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]存在 Being is existence. Something that is in being or comes into being exists.
    • Abraham Maslow described psychology as 'the science of being.'...

      亚伯拉罕·马斯洛形容心理学是“存在的科学”。

    • 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。

    • ...the complex process by which the novel is brought into being.

      这部小说复杂的写作过程

    5
    [PHR-CONJ-SUBORD ](用于解释所说内容的原因)因为,由于 You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
      [mainly BRIT 主英]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
      [SPOKEN 口语]
    • I used to go everywhere with my mother being as I was the youngest.

      我以前到哪儿都跟着我妈,因为我是老小。

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    See also:
    well-being
    other things being equal→see:
    equal
    ; for the time being→see:
    time

      Oxford being / ˈbiːɪŋ ; NAmE ˈbiːɪŋ / noun 1 [uncountable ] existence 存在;生存 The Irish Free State came into beingin 1922. 爱尔兰自由邦成立于 1922 年。 A new era was brought into beingby the war. 那场战争带来了一个新的时代。 see also
      well-being
      2 [countable ] a living creature 生物 human beings a strange being from another planet 来自另一星球的奇怪生物 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。 see also
      be
      v.
      being beings
      being / ˈbiːɪŋ ; NAmE ˈbiːɪŋ /
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      being1 noun
      being2 verb
      beingbeing1 ●●○ W3 noun
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      1come into being/be brought into being to start to exist:  a law that first came into being in 19122[countable] a living thing, especially a person:  a human beingintelligent/conscious/rational etc being a story about alien beings who invade Earth3[uncountable] literary the most important quality or nature of something, especially of a personthe core/roots/whole of somebody’s being The whole of her being had been taken over by a desire to return to her homeland.
      being1 noun
      being2 verb
      beingbe‧ing2 /ˈbiːɪŋ/ verb [linking verb]
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      1the present participle of be2used to give the reason for something:  Being a quiet sort of person, I didn’t want to get involved. You can’t expect them to sit still for that long, children being what they are.3being as British English spoken because SYN  as:  You might as well drink it, being as you’ve paid for it.
      WDF

      being

      [ˈbi:ɪŋ]
      原型:being 是 be 的现在分词
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      人(70%),存在(16%),本质(7%),生物(7%)
      n.存在;生命;本质;品格
      adj.存在的;现有的

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