being
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈbiː.ɪŋ/us/ˈbiː.ɪŋ/C2
apersonor thing thatexists:
生命，生物Anuclearwarwouldkillmillions oflivingbeings.一场核战争会夺去数百万人的生命。
Strange beings fromouterspaceare still apopularsubjectforsci-fimovies.外星人仍是许多科幻电影流行的主题。
thestateofexisting:
存在；生存We do notknowexactlyhowlifefirstcame intobeing(=begantoexist.)我们不知道生命最初究竟是如何诞生的。
- Somefansseemtoregardfootballersasdivinebeings.
- TheUnitedStatesis in thevanof thequesttoestablishcontactwith beings from the beyond.
- There was a man on thenewslastnightwhoreckonswe've beenvisitedby beings from otherworlds.
- Alllivingcreaturesarethoughttodescendfrom anorganismthat came into being threebillionyearsago.
- Dinosaurs pre-existedhumanbeings by many millions ofyears.
Existing and being
- account forsomething
- alive
- be
- be a thingidiom
- been
- come
- extant
- found
- have legsidiom
- hood
- indissolubility
- lie
- lie in
- living
- run
- they're
- thing
- viability
- we're
- who're