being
/ˈbi:ɪŋ; `biɪŋ/ n
1 [U]
(a) existence 存在: the richest company in being today 现今实力最为雄厚的公司
What is the purpose of our being? 我们生存的目的是什麽?
(b) one's essence or nature; self 本质; 本性; 本身
I detest violence with my whole being. 我从心底里憎恶暴力.
2 [C] living creature 生物: human beings 人
a strange being from another planet 来自其他星球的奇异生物.
3 (idm 习语) bring sth into `being cause sth to have reality or existence; create sth 使某事物产生或存在; 创造出某物. ,come into `being begin to exist 开始存在
When did the world come into being? 世界是何时开始存在的?