being，意為“ 存在；生物；身心；生活，有生命；本質”； 作形容詞時意為“存在的”；作動詞時意為“存在；在場；從事；就是；代表（be 的現在分詞）”。
根據《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》，意為：
1.?Being?is the present participle of . be的現在分詞
2. V-LINK?Being?is used in nonfinite clauses where you are giving the reason for something. 用於非限定分句，表示原因
3. N-COUNT You can refer to any real or imaginary creature as a?being. (任何真實或虛構的) 生物例：People expect a horse to perform like a car, with no thought for its feelings as a living being. 人們期望壹匹馬能表現得像壹輛車那樣，卻沒考慮到它作為壹個活的生物的感受。
4. N-UNCOUNT?Being?is existence. Something that is?in being?or comes?into being?exists. 存在例：Abraham Maslow described psychology as "the science of being." 亞伯拉罕·馬斯洛將心理學描述為“存在科學”。