be
v. 有,存在; 在(某处); (在某时或某地)发生
aux. 与过去分词连用构成被动语态; 与现在分词连用构成进行时; 用于反意疑问句
You use be with a present participle to form the continuous tenses of verbs.
This is happening in every school throughout the country...
全国各地每所学校都在发生这样的事情。
She didn't always think carefully about what she was doing...
她对自己在做的事情并不总是考虑得很清楚。
You use be with a past participle to form the passive voice.
Forensic experts were called in...
法医专家被请来。
Her husband was killed in a car crash...
她的丈夫死于车祸。
You use be with an infinitive to indicate that something is planned to happen, that it will definitely happen, or that it must happen.
The talks are to begin tomorrow...
谈判将于明天开始。
It was to be Johnson's first meeting with the board in nearly a month...
这将是近一个月来约翰逊首次和董事会碰面。
You use be with an infinitive to say or ask what should happen or be done in a particular situation, how it should happen, or who should do it.
What am I to do without him?...
没有他,我该怎么办?
Who is to say which of them had more power?...
谁来决定他们之中谁的权力应该更大一些?
You use was and were with an infinitive to talk about something that happened later than the time you are discussing, and was not planned or certain at that time.
Then he received a phone call that was to change his life...
然后,他接到一个将改变他一生的电话。
A few hours later he was to prove it.
几个小时之后他将证明这一点。
You can say that something is to be seen, heard, or found in a particular place to mean that people can see it, hear it, or find it in that place.
Little traffic was to be seen on the streets...
街上车辆很少。
They are to be found all over the world.
它们遍布于世界各地。
1. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun);
2. be identical to; be someone or something;
3. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere;
4. have an existence, be extant;
5. happen, occur, take place;
6. be identical or equivalent to;
7. form or compose;
8. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;
9. represent, as of a character on stage;
10. spend or use time;
11. have life, be alive;
12. to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form;
13. be priced at;
exist, be, live
这些动词都有"存在"之意。
as/that was
如过去所称
the be-all and end-all
(非正式)(活动或生活方式的)根本特点;要旨
be oneself
表现得自然
been (或 been and gone) and——
(非正式)[表惊讶或恼火]竟然
been there, done that
be that as it may
be there for someone
支持;安慰(困难或不幸中的)某人
not be oneself
失常;感到不舒服
-to-be
未来的
be about
见 about (介词义项1)
be at
正在做;打算做
be away
离开;出发
be off
滚开;离去
The stew must be boiled up before serving.
炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌.
Your behavior is causing our name to be dragged through the mud.
你的所作所为已经损坏了我们的名誉.
From the reports of guns we knew that hunters must be nearby.
听枪声我们知道猎人必定在附近.
All bookings will be made 3 days in advance.
所有的票将在3天前预售.
The process of adjustment to life in another country can be very difficult.
适应另一国家的生活可能会非常困难.