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英语单词 existence
英美音标 英 [ɪɡ'zɪstəns] 美 [ɪɡ'zɪstəns]
中文释义 n.存在;生存
英语例句 (1) The newspaper ceased to appear after an existence of three months.
(2) According to some philosopher, everything in existence is reasonable.
(3) The family lived a precarious existence.
(4) Pollution poses a threat to the continued existence of this species.
中文例句 (1) 该报发行3 个月后停刊了。
(2) 某位哲学家认为,存在的事物都是合理的。
(3) 这家人过着朝不保夕的生活。
(4) 污染对这一物种的继续生存造成了威胁。
vocabulary简明 Existence is the state of being alive or being real. For example, you and your best friend disagree about the existence of Bigfoot if you think it's real and your friend doesn't.
vocabulary扩展 The noun existence can be used many different ways, but it always has to do with being alive or with simply "being". You can talk about the survival of something as its existence, like your yo-yo club having lost so many members that its existence is in danger. The particular way you live is another meaning of existence; if you live a quiet, lonely life in the country, you could describe it as a solitary existence.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]存在;实有 The existence of something is the fact that it is present in the world as a real thing.
  [usu with supp]
  • ...the existence of other galaxies...

    其他星系的存在

  • The Congress of People's Deputies in effect voted itself out of existence...

    (苏联)人民代表大会的投票在事实上终结了自身的存在。

  • Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear power industry.

    公众对事故的担忧正威胁着核能工业的生存。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指逆境中的)生活,生活方式 You can refer to someone's way of life as an existence, especially when they live under difficult conditions.
  [with supp]
  • You may be stuck with a miserable existence for the rest of your life...

    你可能一辈子都要过着悲惨的生活。

  • Their day-to-day existence was routine.

    他们的日常生活很平淡。

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