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been

UK /biːn/US /bɪn/

词源

源自古英语 'bēon',意为“存在”或“成为”,与德语 'bin' 和荷兰语 'ben' 同源。

verb

❶ be 的过去分词形式,表示已经存在或发生的状态或动作,常用于完成时态中。

“I have been to Paris twice.”

(我去过巴黎两次。)

“She has been working here for five years.”

(她已经在这里工作了五年。)

同义词:existed, occurred, happened

常见短语

have been — 表示从过去某一时间开始一直持续到现在的状态或动作,常用于现在完成时。

“I have been studying English for three years.”

(我已经学习英语三年了。)

had been — 表示在过去某一时间之前已经发生或存在的状态或动作,常用于过去完成时。

“She had been to Japan before she moved to China.”

(她在搬到中国之前去过日本。)

been there, done that — 口语表达,表示对某事已经有过经验,不再感到新鲜或有趣。

“When he talked about skydiving, I just said, 'Been there, done that.'”

(当他谈到跳伞时,我只是说:“早就体验过了。”)