| 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]
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]
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