being是否需要：be regarded as being the second-most-powerful man

Suqi

老师，您好。请问being在这里可以去掉吗？有和没有是否存在区别呢？

One of those others was Kim Kyong Hui, Kim Jong Il’s sister and the wife of Chang Sung Taek, who is widely regarded as being the second-most-powerful man in the country.——The Economist

谢谢老师~~

For Reference: This is the first time the youngest Kim’s name has been publicly mentioned by the North Korean authorities. The first official dispatch from the first day of this year's much-touted and mysteriously delayed Workers’ Party conference announced the ascent of the young Un, and five others, to high military rank.

One of those others was Kim Kyong Hui, Kim Jong Il’s sister and the wife of Chang Sung Taek, who is widely regarded as being the second-most-powerful man in the country.

IsaacZ

加不加 being 意思一样，加了的话，更强调是当前的情形。

Suqi

老师，您看看这个：http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmCvNh4Ch4bvGdYM6cZ6jOXty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100928032651AAd2ZlQ
第三个人说的（她写成了she，应该是看错了原文描述的对象）语法知识是对的吗？但是像be described as后面就是用形容词的呀~~

IsaacZ

Google一下吧：

"is widely regarded as the second-most-powerful man" - Google 搜索
"is widely regarded as being the second-most-powerful man" - Google 搜索

看看哪个搜索结果多？

Suqi

回复 4# IsaacZ
第一个多~~呵呵~~