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being

/bee-ing/US // ˈbi ɪŋ //UK // (ˈbiːɪŋ) //

是,是的,是一个

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the fact of existing; existence.
    • : conscious, mortal existence; life: Our being is as an instantaneous flash of light in the midst of eternal night.
    • : substance or nature: of such a being as to arouse fear.
    • : something that exists: inanimate beings.
    • : a living thing: strange, exotic beings that live in the depths of the sea.
    • : a human being; person: the most beautiful being you could imagine.
    • : God.
    • : Philosophy. that which has actuality either materially or in idea.absolute existence in a complete or perfect state, lacking no essential characteristic; essence.
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : Nonstandard. since; because; considering that: Being it's midnight, let's go home. Being as how you cooked supper, I'll do the dishes.

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Examples

  • In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.

  • Why, some might be asking, am I being so harsh on their work so soon after they died?

  • “Having been a legislator and a mayor, I particularly enjoy being a chief executive,” he said.

  • However, more than 20 players on the ballot this year were probably worthy of being enshrined in Cooperstown.

  • “I do not support gay marriages being recognized in Florida,” he wrote Andrew Walther of Sanford.

  • He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.

  • Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.

  • The people here retained the same paganism and barbarity, only they were not so dangerous, being conquered by the Muscovites.

  • And having an enormous appetite he was fortunate in being expert at finding angleworms.

  • Judge or sheriff, it was all one to them, each being equally terrible in their eyes.