[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。
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[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
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[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
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[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; NAmEˈbiːɪŋ/noun1[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人◆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.beingbeingsbeing/ˈbiːɪŋ; NAmEˈbiːɪŋ/
LDC
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 becauseSYN 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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ADV12129
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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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