entity
entity 英 [ˈentəti] 美 [ˈɛntɪti]
n. 实体；存在；
名词复数:entities
- 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.
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- n. 实体；存在；
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1. The unit has become part of a larger department and no longer exists as a separate entity.
这个单位已附属于一个大的部门，不再作为一个实体独立存在。
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2. These countries can no longer be viewed as a single entity.
这些国家不能再被看成是一个单独的实体。
- 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," from PIE root *es- "to be"). Originally abstract; concrete sense in English is from 1620s.
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