beings

英 [ˈbiːɪŋz]

美 [ˈbiɪŋz]

n.  存在; 生存; 生物; 思想感情; 身心
being的复数

柯林斯词典

• 
  Beingis the present participle ofbe.
• V-LINK （用于说明原因的非限定性从句中）因为，由于
  Beingis used in non-finite clauses where you are giving the reason for something.
  1. It being a Sunday, the old men had the day off...
     因为是星期天，所以老人都休息。
  2. Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it...
     出于天性，小男孩们可能会决定利用这一点。
  3. Of course, being young, I did not worry.
     当然，因为还年轻，所以我并不担心。
• See also:People expect a horse to perform like a car, with no thought for its feelings as a living being....beings from outer space.human being
• N-UNCOUNT 存在
  Beingis existence. Something that isin beingor comesinto beingexists.
  1. Abraham Maslow described psychology as 'the science of being.'...
     亚伯拉罕·马斯洛形容心理学是“存在的科学”。
  2. The Kingdom of Italy formally came into being on 17 March 1861.
     意大利王国于1861年3月17日正式成立。
  3. ...the complex process by which the novel is brought into being.
     这部小说复杂的写作过程
• PHR-CONJ-SUBORD （用于解释所说内容的原因）因为，由于
  You can usebeing asto introduce a reason for what you are saying.
  1. I used to go everywhere with my mother being as I was the youngest.
     我以前到哪儿都跟着我妈，因为我是老小。
• See also:well-being

双语例句

• Human beings have an infinite capacity for self-deception.
  人类自欺的本事是无穷的。
• What differentiates human beings from animals?
  人和动物的区别是什么？
• In the corridor were four dirty, ragged bundles, just identifiable as human beings
  走廊里有4团脏兮兮、破破烂烂的东西，依稀可辨是人。
• All living beings are endowed with an instinct for survival.
  生物都有求生存的本能。
• This generous action restored my faith in human beings.
  这种慷慨行为恢复了我对人的信任。
• She depicted the interior life of human beings, and particularly their moral stresses and strains.
  她描写人类的内心生活，尤其是他们所承受的道德压力。
• He was one of the least warm human beings I had ever met.
  他是我见过的最冷漠的人之一。
• Where economics comes unstuck is when it doesn't take account of the anticipated actions of human beings
  经济学若无视人的预期行动的话，注定是行不通的。
• Tremendous wrongs were being perpetrated on the poorest and least privileged human beings
  对最贫穷和最没有特权的人们犯下了大量罪行。
• He never regarded the farmhands as human beings.
  他从不把雇工当人看待。