be
v. 有,存在; 在(某處); (在某時或某地)發生
aux. 與過去分詞連用構成被動語態; 與現在分詞連用構成進行時; 用於反意疑問句
You use be with a present participle to form the continuous tenses of verbs.
This is happening in every school throughout the country...
全國各地每所學校都在發生這樣的事情。
She didn't always think carefully about what she was doing...
她對自己在做的事情並不總是考慮得很清楚。
You use be with a past participle to form the passive voice.
Forensic experts were called in...
法醫專家被請來。
Her husband was killed in a car crash...
她的丈夫死於車禍。
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...
談判將於明天開始。
It was to be Johnson's first meeting with the board in nearly a month...
這將是近一個月來約翰遜首次和董事會碰面。
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?...
沒有他,我該怎麼辦?
Who is to say which of them had more power?...
誰來決定他們之中誰的權力應該更大一些?
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...
然後,他接到一個將改變他一生的電話。
A few hours later he was to prove it.
幾個小時之後他將證明這一點。
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...
街上車輛很少。
They are to be found all over the world.
它們遍佈於世界各地。
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
這些動詞都有"存在"之意。
as/that was
如過去所稱
the be-all and end-all
(非正式)(活動或生活方式的)根本特點;要旨
be oneself
表現得自然
been (或 been and gone) and——
(非正式)[表驚訝或惱火]竟然
been there, done that
be that as it may
be there for someone
支援;安慰(困難或不幸中的)某人
not be oneself
失常;感到不舒服
-to-be
未來的
be about
見 about (介詞義項1)
be at
正在做;打算做
be away
離開;出發
be off
滾開;離去
The stew must be boiled up before serving.
燉肉必須煮熟才能上桌.
Your behavior is causing our name to be dragged through the mud.
你的所作所為已經損壞了我們的名譽.
From the reports of guns we knew that hunters must be nearby.
聽槍聲我們知道獵人必定在附近.
All bookings will be made 3 days in advance.
所有的票將在3天前預售.
The process of adjustment to life in another country can be very difficult.
適應另一國家的生活可能會非常困難.