being /bi:iŋ/ I. vi. (be的现在分词) ①用于分词短语和独立结构：Being angry at his question, I made no reply. 因为对他的问题感到气愤，我无可奉告。Dinner being over, they left the hall. 餐毕，他们离开了食堂。There being no buses, we had to take a taxi. 没有公交车，我们只好打的。②(用于被动进行时) …着：The matter was being discussed.当时那件事正在讨论着。‖II. n. 1. ［u］be的-ing：I was much pleased at his being successful. 我对于他的成功感到很高兴。He was near being drowned.他几乎溺死了。2.［u］存在，生存: He did not know the aim of our being.他不了解我们的生活目的。come into being 形成，产生：They do not know how this world came into being. 他们不知道这个 世界是如何形成的。New ways of thinking have come into being. 新的思维方法 已经产生。3.［c］生灵，生物: a human being 人 She became a different being. 她变成了一个不同的人。