be
- IPA[biː]
英式
- exist；be present
- used with a present participle to form continuous tenses；used with a past participle to form the passive voice
verb: be, 3rd person present: is, gerund or present participle: being, past tense: was, past participle: been
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. exist there are no easy answers there once was a man 同義詞
- ▪ be present there is a boy sitting on the step there were no curtains around the showers 同義詞
- 2. occur; take place the exhibition will be in November the opening event is on October 16 同義詞
- ▪ occupy a position in space Salvation Street was on his left she was not at the window 同義詞
- ▪ stay in the same place or condition he's a tough customer—let him be 同義詞
- ▪ attend I'm at school doing A levels 同義詞
- ▪ come; go; visit he's from Missouri I have just been to Thailand
- 3. having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified Amy was 91 the floor was uneven
- ▪ cost the tickets were £25 同義詞
- ▪ amount to one and one is two 同義詞
- ▪ represent let A be a square matrix of order
- ▪ signify we were everything to each other
- ▪ consist of; constitute the monastery was several three-storey buildings
- 4. informal say last time I saw her she was all ‘You need to quit smoking!’
auxi
- 1. used with a present participle to form continuous tenses they are coming he had been reading
- 2. used with a past participle to form the passive voice it was done it is said
- 3. used to indicate something that is due or destined to happen construction is to begin next summer his mum was never to see him win
- ▪ used to express obligation or necessity you are to follow these orders they said I was to remain on board
- ▪ used to express possibility these snakes are to be found in North America she was nowhere to be seen
- ▪ used to hypothesize about something that might happen if I were to lose if I was to tell you, you'd think I was mad
- 4. archaic used with the past participle of intransitive verbs to form perfect tenses I am returned
