- [uncountable]
existence 存在;生存 The Irish Free State came into being in 1922. 爱尔兰自由邦成立于 1922 年。 A new era was brought into being by the war. 那场战争带来了一个新的时代。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + being- be brought into
- come into
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a living creature 生物 human beings 人 a strange being from another planet 来自另一星球的奇怪生物 No living being deserves to be treated this way. 没有一个活着的人值得被这样对待。
Extra ExamplesTopics Biologyb2I work on the assumption that people are rational beings. 我的研究以人是理性动物这一假设为基础。 Dolphins are highly intelligent beings. 海豚是非常聪明的生物。 They claim to have proof that alien beings have landed on Earth. 他们声称有证据证明外星人已经登陆地球。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- living
- intelligent
- …
- [uncountable] (formal)
your mind and all of your feelings 思想感情;身心 see also be