was 音标拼音: [w'ɑz] [w'ʌz] [wəz] [w'ɔz]
vbl .
be 的过去式
be 的过去式
Was \
Was \ (
w [
o ^]
z ). [
AS .
w [
ae ]
s ,
2d pers .
w [=
ae ]
re ,
3d pers .
w [
ae ]
s ,
pl .
w [=
ae ]
ron ,
with the inf .
wesan to be ;
akin to D .
wezen ,
imp .
was ,
OHG .
wesan ,
imp .
was ,
G .
wesen ,
n .,
a being ,
essence ,
war was ,
Icel .
vera to be ,
imp .
var ,
Goth .
wisan to be ,
to dwell ,
to remain ,
imp .
was ,
Skr .
vas to remain ,
to dwell . [
root ]
148 .
Cf . {
Vernacular }, {
Wassail }, {
Were },
v .]
The first and third persons singular of the verb be ,
in the indicative mood ,
preterit (
imperfect )
tense ;
as ,
I was ;
he was .
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Be \
Be \ (
b [=
e ]),
v .
i . [
imp . {
Was } (
w [
o ^]
z );
p .
p . {
Been }
(
b [
i ^]
n );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Being }.] [
OE .
been ,
beon ,
AS .
be ['
o ]
n to be ,
be ['
o ]
m I am ;
akin to OHG .
bim ,
pim ,
G .
bin ,
I am ,
Gael . &
Ir .
bu was ,
W .
bod to be ,
Lith .
bu -
ti ,
O .
Slav .
by -
ti ,
to be ,
L .
fu -
i I have been ,
fu -
turus about to be ,
fo -
re to be about to be ,
and perh .
to fieri to become ,
Gr .
fy ^
nai to be born ,
to be ,
Skr .
bh [=
u ]
to be .
This verb is defective ,
and the parts lacking are supplied by verbs from other roots ,
is ,
was ,
which have no radical connection with be .
The various forms ,
am ,
are ,
is ,
was ,
were ,
etc .,
are considered grammatically as parts of the verb "
to be ",
which ,
with its conjugational forms ,
is often called the substantive verb . [
root ]
97 .
Cf . {
Future }, {
Physic }.]
1 .
To exist actually ,
or in the world of fact ;
to have existence .
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To be contents his natural desire . --
Pope .
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To be ,
or not to be :
that is the question . --
Shak .
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2 .
To exist in a certain manner or relation , --
whether as a reality or as a product of thought ;
to exist as the subject of a certain predicate ,
that is ,
as having a certain attribute ,
or as belonging to a certain sort ,
or as identical with what is specified , --
a word or words for the predicate being annexed ;
as ,
to be happy ;
to be here ;
to be large ,
or strong ;
to be an animal ;
to be a hero ;
to be a nonentity ;
three and two are five ;
annihilation is the cessation of existence ;
that is the man .
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3 .
To take place ;
to happen ;
as ,
the meeting was on Thursday .
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4 .
To signify ;
to represent or symbolize ;
to answer to .
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The field is the world . --
Matt .
xiii .
38 .
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The seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches . --
Rev .
i .
20 .
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Note :
The verb to be (
including the forms is ,
was ,
etc .)
is used in forming the passive voice of other verbs ;
as ,
John has been struck by James .
It is also used with the past participle of many intransitive verbs to express a state of the subject .
But have is now more commonly used as the auxiliary ,
though expressing a different sense ;
as , "
Ye have come too late --
but ye are come . "
"
The minstrel boy to the war is gone ."
The present and imperfect tenses form ,
with the infinitive ,
a particular future tense ,
which expresses necessity ,
duty ,
or purpose ;
as ,
government is to be supported ;
we are to pay our just debts ;
the deed is to be signed to -
morrow .
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Note :
Have or had been ,
followed by to ,
implies movement . "
I have been to Paris ." --
Sydney Smith . "
Have you been to Franchard ?" --
R .
L .
Stevenson .
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Note :
Been ,
or ben ,
was anciently the plural of the indicative present . "
Ye ben light of the world ."
--
Wyclif ,
Matt .
v .
14 .
Afterwards be was used ,
as in our Bible : "
They that be with us are more than they that be with them ." --
2 Kings vi .
16 .
Ben was also the old infinitive : "
To ben of such power ." --
R .
of Gloucester .
Be is used as a form of the present subjunctive : "
But if it be a question of words and names ." --
Acts xviii .
15 .
But the indicative forms ,
is and are ,
with if ,
are more commonly used .
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{
Be it so },
a phrase of supposition ,
equivalent to suppose it to be so ;
or of permission ,
signifying let it be so .
--
Shak .
{
If so be },
in case .
{
To be from },
to have come from ;
as ,
from what place are you ?
I am from Chicago .
{
To let be },
to omit ,
or leave untouched ;
to let alone . "
Let be ,
therefore ,
my vengeance to dissuade ." --
Spenser .
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Syn : {
To be }, {
Exist }.
Usage :
The verb to be ,
except in a few rare cases ,
like that of Shakespeare '
s "
To be ,
or not to be ",
is used simply as a copula ,
to connect a subject with its predicate ;
as ,
man is mortal ;
the soul is immortal .
The verb to exist is never properly used as a mere copula ,
but points to things that stand forth ,
or have a substantive being ;
as ,
when the soul is freed from all corporeal alliance ,
then it truly exists .
It is not ,
therefore ,
properly synonymous with to be when used as a copula ,
though occasionally made so by some writers for the sake of variety ;
as in the phrase "
there exists [
is ]
no reason for laying new taxes ."
We may ,
indeed ,
say , "
a friendship has long existed between them ,"
instead of saying , "
there has long been a friendship between them ;"
but in this case ,
exist is not a mere copula .
It is used in its appropriate sense to mark the friendship as having been long in existence .
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