n.存在;人;生物;本质
I don't like being pent up in the house all the time. 我不喜欢整天给关在屋子里。
It is fun eating by stealth without being found. 偷吃而不被人发现很有趣。
Earthenware has an advantage over wood in being more easily kept clean. 陶器的优点在于比木器更容易保持清洁。
I have a feeling that we are being followed. 我有种感觉我们正被人跟踪。
I detest violence with my whole being. 我毕生谴责暴力行为。
When did the world come into being? 世界是什么时候形成的?
What is the purpose of our being? 我们生存的目的是什么?
being用作名词的基本意思是“生物,人”,可指自然界的任何有生命的东西,也可作“存在,生存”解,引申还可作生物的“本质,本性”解。
being还可用作动词,是be的现在分词、动名词,可构成状语短语、独立结构、进行时态、被动语态等。
n.康乐;安宁
n.人;n
n.内在的事物(本质)
n.不存在的事;无