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existential adj.有关存在的；存在判断的 (1) 存在文学是一种人生文学、哲学文学。(2) 存在的焦虑，以及对死亡和未知事物的恐惧，也在发挥作用。(3) 真正的逻辑学家不关心与存在判断有关的问题。(4) 断定有某种趋势存在的命题是存在命题而不是全称命题。 Existential can also relate to existence in a more concrete way. For instance, the objections of your mother-in-law may pose an existential threat to the continuation of your Friday night card game. Often the word carries at least a nodding reference to the philosophy of existentialism associated with Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and others, which emphasizes the individual as a free agent responsible for his actions.

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英 [ˌeɡzɪ'stenʃəl] 美 [ˌeɡzɪ'stenʃəl] (1) Existential literature is a literature of life and philosophy.(2) Also at work is our existential anxiety, the fear of death and the unknown.(3) Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters.(4) A statement asserting the existence of a trend is existential, not universal. If something is existential, it has to do with human existence. If you wrestle with big questions involving the meaning of life, you may be having an existential crisis. 1[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。2[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。

英语单词	existential
英美音标	英 [ˌeɡzɪ'stenʃəl] 美 [ˌeɡzɪ'stenʃəl]
中文释义	adj.有关存在的；存在判断的
英语例句	(1) Existential literature is a literature of life and philosophy. (2) Also at work is our existential anxiety, the fear of death and the unknown. (3) Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters. (4) A statement asserting the existence of a trend is existential, not universal.
中文例句	(1) 存在文学是一种人生文学、哲学文学。 (2) 存在的焦虑，以及对死亡和未知事物的恐惧，也在发挥作用。 (3) 真正的逻辑学家不关心与存在判断有关的问题。 (4) 断定有某种趋势存在的命题是存在命题而不是全称命题。
vocabulary简明	If something is existential, it has to do with human existence. If you wrestle with big questions involving the meaning of life, you may be having an existential crisis.
vocabulary扩展	Existential can also relate to existence in a more concrete way. For instance, the objections of your mother-in-law may pose an existential threat to the continuation of your Friday night card game. Often the word carries at least a nodding reference to the philosophy of existentialism associated with Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and others, which emphasizes the individual as a free agent responsible for his actions.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。

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