being
being — 名詞
1. a person, animal, or other creature thought of as one separate individual
生物；個體
存在的人、動物或其他東西
a person, animal, or other creature thought of as one separate individual
No human being should sleep outside in winter.
任何人都不該在冬天睡在外面。
human being
In the film, a green being steps out beside the village school.
在那部電影裡，一個綠色生物走到村裡學校旁邊。
a being from another world
Every living being in the pond needed clean water.
池塘裡每個活著的生物都需要乾淨的水。
A strange being stood in the doorway and watched the wedding dancers.
一個怪異的生物站在門口，看著那些婚禮上的舞者。
So far, scientists have found no intelligent being on any nearby planet.
到目前為止，科學家還沒在附近任何行星上找到智慧生物。
文法句型
a human being
a living being
a strange being
intelligent beings
用法筆記
Usually countable, especially in phrases like 'human being' and 'living being'. Distinguish from sense 2, which is an uncountable abstract noun about existence itself.
常見錯誤
2. the condition of existing at all, especially in formal or abstract discussion
存在
事物實際存在的狀態
the condition of existing at all, especially in formal or abstract discussion
New safety rules came into being after the factory fire.
工廠失火後，新的安全規定才制定出來。
fixed phrase: come into being
The town library came into being with gifts from local families.
那座鎮立圖書館靠地方家庭的捐款才成立。
Three years of village talks finally brought the water-sharing plan into being.
三年的村裡協商終於促成了那項分水計畫。
During the lecture, students discussed how the universe first came into being.
演講時，學生討論宇宙最初是如何開始存在的。
In the novel, a new world comes into being after the flood.
在那本小說裡，洪水過後誕生了一個新世界。
- nonexistence
the state of not existing at all.
文法句型
come into being
bring something into being
pass into being
用法筆記
Most often uncountable and especially common in the phrases 'come into being' and 'bring ... into being'. Distinguish from sense 1, where a being is a person, creature, or other separate thing.