[mass noun]existence 存在,生存 the railway brought many towns into being. 铁路的建成使许多城镇兴起。 the single market came into being in 1993. 该单一市场形成于1993年。 the factions remained in being. 派系依然存在。 ■living; being alive 生活;有生命 holism promotes a unified way of being. 整体论提倡一种统一的生活方式。
[insing.]the nature or essence of a person (人的)天性,特性,本质 sometimes one aspect of our being has been developed at the expense of the others. 有时人类特性中某一方面的发展是以牺牲其他方面为代价的。
a real or imaginary living creature or entity, especially an intelligent one (尤指有智力的、真实或虚构的)生物,存在物 alien beings. 外星人。 a rational being. 有理智的生物。