being

英 ['biːɪŋ]美 ['biɪŋ]

n. 存在；生命；本质；品格

adj. 存在的；现有的

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.

医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。

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2. It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds.

画面中一只狐狸正被一群猎狗撕咬得肠子外流。

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3. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.

留下了20名骨干人员。

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4. He had a reputation for being bloody-minded and difficult.

他为人刻薄、难相处是出了名的。

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5. The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.

工会指责威尔沙反复无常，不讲民主。

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