• n. 實(shí)體；存在；本質(zhì)

ent-, 存在，來(lái)自拉丁文esse的現(xiàn)在分詞，is的原型，詞源同essence, absent.

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;" see essence). Originally abstract; concrete sense in English is from 1620s.

1. The state is not a unified and internally coherent entity.

該國(guó)不是一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的、內(nèi)部團(tuán)結(jié)的實(shí)體。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. These countries can no longer be viewed as a single entity .

這些國(guó)家不能再被看成是一個(gè)單獨(dú)的實(shí)體。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. The country is no longer one political entity.

這個(gè)國(guó)家不再是一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的政治實(shí)體了.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Since the East and West Germanies were unified they are a polictical entity.

德國(guó)東西方統(tǒng)一后就是一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的政治實(shí)體了.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. New York as a corporate entity and her flat temporarily seemed sufficient.

紐約,作為一個(gè)整體,和她的公寓似乎暫時(shí)還令人心滿意足.

來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹