entity
英 ['ent?t?]
美['?nt?ti]
- n. 實體；存在；本質(zhì)
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?entities;
中文詞源
entity 實體
ent-, 存在，來自拉丁文esse的現(xiàn)在分詞，is的原型，詞源同essence, absent.
英文詞源
- entity (n.)
- 1590s, from Late Latin entitatem (nominative entitas), from ens (genitive entis) "a thing," proposed by Caesar as present participle of esse "be" (see is), to render Greek philosophical term to on "that which is" (from neuter of present participle of einai "to be;" see essence). Originally abstract; concrete sense in English is from 1620s.
雙語例句
- 1. The state is not a unified and internally coherent entity.
- 該國不是一個統(tǒng)一的、內(nèi)部團結(jié)的實體。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. These countries can no longer be viewed as a single entity .
- 這些國家不能再被看成是一個單獨的實體。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The country is no longer one political entity.
- 這個國家不再是一個統(tǒng)一的政治實體了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Since the East and West Germanies were unified they are a polictical entity.
- 德國東西方統(tǒng)一后就是一個統(tǒng)一的政治實體了.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. New York as a corporate entity and her flat temporarily seemed sufficient.
- 紐約,作為一個整體,和她的公寓似乎暫時還令人心滿意足.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹