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human與humanbeing的區別

human與human being意思相同,均表示“人”,但是用法上有區別:

1、human強調“人群”,human being強調“個人”。

Its rate of growth was fast — much more like that of an ape than that of a human.

它的發育速度很快——更像猿,而不像人。

Each human being has to die, but mankind goes on world without end.

每個人都會死,但人類卻永無止境。

2、在壹些慣用的表達,兩者不能互換。

例如疾病的“人傳人”叫human to human transmission,但不可以說human being to human being transmission。

3、human可以做形容詞,human being不可以。

human作為形容詞意思是人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的。

The computer doesn't mimic human thought; it reaches the same ends by different means.

計算機並沒有模仿人的思維,而是通過不同的手段達到了相同的目的。