being 的用法及固定搭配

being

1.for the time being是习语，作“暂时地”解，being是be的现在分词，用作形容词，作existing解。

2.I am sending you a cheque for ¥30.00, being the rent due on 15 May等句子里的being是商业文件里的习惯用法。不可用在其他文字里，如不可说I am sending you Mrs Gaskell's Cranford, being the book you asked to borrow the other day，该把being去掉，或把being the book改作which。

3.下面各句的开首都可以说省去了being：

Written in simple English, the book is easy to read.

Deeply interested in my work, he often gives me advice.

Asked where he was going, the boy said he was just taking a walk.

Curious, she tore the letter open.

Nearly seventy years old, the author is as busy as ever.

A skilled labourer, he is always ready to help others.

An industrious student, he finds plenty of time for study.

Unquestionably one of the greatest novels ever written, it is still widely read today.

4.下面两句里的being可有可无：

The task (being) completed, they went home.

Her children (being) away at school, she was alone at home.

但下面两句里的being通常不省去：

He being away, she was alone at home.

It being fine, we had a walk together in the park.

注意He和It都是代词。

下面两句里在gun和head后面没有being：

They started for the wood, gun in hand.

He jumped into the water head foremost.

注意gun和head前面都没有his。

5.关于be being typewritten等，参见be 4。关于He is being polite 等，参见be 5