| 单词 | in being | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasin being  P1.    in being: existing, extant; alive. Cf. in esse at esse n. 1.a fleet in being: see fleet n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > 			[adverb]		 thereouta1300 outc1400 in being1483 existingly1601 existently1641 out therec1794 round1852 1483    W. Caxton tr.  J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. xxv/2  				The dyuyne spirites & the aungelles..vnderstonde, and knowe aboue alle other wittes, & reasons, & more than alle other thynges yt been in beyng. 1536    Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Fryday sig. Aiii  				For kendly euery creature coueyteth: to conforme hym to hys make at lest in beyng. 1570    J. Dee in  H. Billingsley tr.  Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *jv  				His Continuall Numbryng, of all thinges, is the Conseruation of them in being. 1621    R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 407  				The particular remembrances of such use..either neuer were in being, for want of Story-writers in barbarous times..or [etc.]. 1676    W. Allen Serious & Friendly Addr. Non-conformists 48  				The Church in being before, had thereby a new Illumination. 1702    J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. 		(1727)	 278  				Had he quoted a record not in being, or made a false statement. 1807    W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 253  				Make fools believe in their foreseeing Of things, before they are in being. 1827    T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises 		(ed. 3)	 II. 91  				A legacy, to a person in being at the time the will is made. 1848    J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 9/2  				A child en ventre sa mère is..a life in being. 1952    Internat. Organization 6 183  				The most effective utilization of forces now in being, or mobilizable in the event of aggression in the near future. 2000    Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 23/1  				In 1968..the authorities decided that the post of Gentiluomo in England should be kept in being, for the lifetime of its holder. < as lemmas  | 
	
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