being
英 ['bi???]
美['bi??]
- n. 存在；生命；本質(zhì)；品格
- adj. 存在的；現(xiàn)有的
TEM8CET4考研CET6中頻詞基本詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?beings;
英文詞源
- being (n.)
- c. 1300, "condition, state, circumstances; presence, fact of existing," early 14c., existence," from be + -ing. Sense of "that which physically exists, person or thing" (as in human being) is from late 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.
- 醫(yī)生們抱怨他們疲于應付醫(yī)藥公司的銷售人員。
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- 2. It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds.
- 畫面中一只狐貍正被一群獵狗撕咬得腸子外流。
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- 3. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
- 留下了20名骨干人員。
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- 4. He had a reputation for being bloody-minded and difficult.
- 他為人刻薄、難相處是出了名的。
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- 5. The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.
- 工會指責威爾沙反復無常，不講民主。
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