| 单词 | entity |
| 释义 | entity (once / 1050 pages) n If your little sister turns her lemonade stand into a lemonade empire, she might incorporate it as a company. Under the law, it would be considered an entity, or a separate being for purposes of government control. The word entity originally meant "being, existence," and was borrowed from Medieval Latin entitas, from Latin ens, irregular form of esse "to be, exist." The suffix –ity means "quality or state." Medieval Christian philosophers, influenced by the Church Fathers and Aristotle, discussed the concept of ens "abstract being" versus esse "actual being." WORD FAMILYentity: entities, nonentity+/nonentity: nonentities USAGE EXAMPLESThe larger the government entity - from local to state to federal - the more complicated it all is. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Catholic Benefits Association, a group of Catholic hospitals, dioceses and other entities, filed a separate lawsuit against the HHS rule last week. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Mr. Ma, whose multimedia studio, Shizhi Media, produced the taxi cartoon, said about a fifth of its clients were party or state entities. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) n that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) Hypo physical entity an entity that has physical existence abstract entity, abstractiona general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples thingan entity that is not named specifically thinga separate and self-contained entity object, physical objecta tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow causal agency, causal agent, causeany entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results matterthat which has mass and occupies space psychological featurea feature of the mental life of a living organism attributean abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity physical process, processa sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states group, groupingany number of entities (members) considered as a unit relationan abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together communicationsomething that is communicated by or to or between people or groups amount, measure, quantityhow much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify changea thing that is different fresheneranything that freshens horrorsomething that inspires dislike; something horrible crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickeysomething excellent of its kind pacifieranything that serves to pacify security blanketanything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety stinkeranything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar) whacker, whoppersomething especially big or impressive of its kind otherworldan abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality set(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols substancematerial of a particular kind or constitution |
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