human beings与human being的区别

human beings与human being的区别

有以下区别：

（一）human强调“人群”，human being强调“个人”，
基本上 human = human beings ，但不可以说 human = human being 。

（二）在一些惯用的表达，两者不能互换。

（三）human可以做形容词，human being不可以。
human beings
1、There's no snake known that will habitually attack human beings unless threatened with its life 
除非自己的生命受到了威胁，已知的蛇中还没有习惯性地攻击人类的。
2、Tremendous wrongs were being perpetrated on the poorest and least privileged human beings 
对最贫穷和最没有特权的人们犯下了大量罪行。
3、All human beings are much more intelligent than animals. 
所有的人都比动物聪明得多。
4、He ventured the opinion that 'whales are as intelligent as human beings'. 
他大胆提出了“鲸与人类一样聪明”的观点。
5、In ancient mythology there was no impassable gulf separating the divine from the human beings. 
在上古神话中，神与人之间没有不可逾越的鸿沟。
human being

1、Each human being has to die, but mankind goes on world without end. 
每个人都会死，但人类却永无止境。
2、Watch any young human being, or any other young animal. 
注意儿童或其他幼小动物。
3、In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. 
改善自己境况的愿望人皆有之。
4、Physical perfection in a human being is exceedingly rare. 
体貌完美的人极为罕见。
5、No human being on the face of the earth could do anything worse than what he did. 
世界上再没有人能做出比他更坏的事情来。

humanbeing=human ,指男人女人和孩子的统称或者单指区别于动物的人类（相当于man作为”人类”解时的意义）,无具体意义．
humanbeings 是humanbing作为具体名词时（相当于person）的复数形式，是具体指到男人、女人、孩子或者人