entity

entity
[ˈɛntɪti]
(pl. -ies)
  1. a thing with distinct and independent existence
    独立存在物;实体
    Church and empire were fused in a single entity.
    教会和帝国合为一体。
    ■[mass noun]existence; being
    存在
    entity and nonentity.
    存在和不存在。
派生
entitative
adjective
  1. (chiefly Philosophy)(主哲).)
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (denoting a thing's existence): from French entité or medieval Latin entitas, from late Latin ens, ent- 'being' (from esse 'be')
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