Existential Existence ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəl Human Adj 形容词 Relating [Adj
The adjective "existential" relates to human existence and experience. It can also describe feelings like anxiety or fear that arise from contemplating existence and death, or be related to the philosophical concept of existentialism.
[ADJ 形容词]关于人类存在的；基于存在（或经验）的Existential means relating to human existence and experience.
[ADJ n]
[FORMAL 正式]
Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist.
需要通过宗教来解释的关乎人类存在的问题仍然存留。
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[ADJ 形容词]有关(生死)存在的 You use existential to describe fear, anxiety, and other feelings that are caused by thinking about human existence and death.
[ADJ n]
[FORMAL 正式]
'What if there's nothing left at all?' he cries, lost in some intense existential angst.
“要是什么都不会留下呢？”他叫喊道，陷入了对自身存在的深度焦虑。
Oxford
ex·ist·en·tial/ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəl; NAmEˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəl/adjective[only before noun ]1( formal) connected with human existence 关于人类存在的；与人类存在有关的2( philosophy 哲) connected with the theory of existentialism（关于）存在主义的ex·ist·en·tial/ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəl; NAmEˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəl/
LDC
existentialex‧is‧ten‧tial /ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəl◂/ adjective [only before noun] formal
Examples
Word family
relating to the existence of humans or to existentialism
WDF
existential
[ˌegzɪˈstenʃəl]
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Spoken:
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有关存在的(53%)，存在判断的(47%)
adj.存在主义的；有关存在的；存在判断的
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