核心畫面
Been is the finished form of 'be' that you put after 'have/has' to reach back from now into the past — it says a state or event has happened and still touches the present. Picture a line drawn from this moment backward: 'I have been busy' means the busy stretches up to now. From that one job — linking past to present — its other uses (have been to a place, been there done that) all follow.
可以想成 been 是 be 的「完成式」形態，放在 have/has 後面，從現在往回伸向過去——它說某個狀態或事…更多收起
可以想成 been 是 be 的「完成式」形態，放在 have/has 後面，從現在往回伸向過去——它說某個狀態或事件發生過、而且到現在還連著。畫面比較像從此刻往後拉出一條線：I have been busy 就是「忙」這段一路延伸到現在。been 最基本的工作就比較像這個「把過去接到現在」；其餘用法（去過某地、been there done that）都是從這份工作長出來的。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
beenverb詞源 1/ˈbɪn/
- 1
remote past form of be.
- He been had that job.
- We been knew they was doing this.
beenverb詞源 2
- 1
rareSynonym of be (infinitival sense).
- It useta been five foot long.
- "Bones", says he, "I tink dey's a-goin' to been a war ober de Alabamy question[…]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。