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extant adj.现存的 (1) 这一法律古老但仍然有效。(2) 这是现存的该诗的原稿。 Extant is the opposite of extinct: it refers to things that are here — they haven't disappeared or been destroyed. Use extant to describe things that it may be surprising to learn are still around — you wouldn't say jeans you bought last year are extant, but a pair of jeans worn by Marilyn Monroe back in the 1950s? Definitely extant.

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英 [ek'stænt] 美 [ek'stænt] (1) This law is ancient but still extant.(2) This is the extant manuscript of the poem. Use the adjective extant to describe old things that are still around, like your extant diary from third grade or the only extant piece of pottery from certain craftspeople who lived hundreds of years ago. 1[ADJ 形容词]尚存的；现存的 If something is extant, it is still in existence, in spite of being very old.   [FORMAL 正式]Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant...这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。The oldest extant document is dated 1492.现存最古老的文献出自1492年。

英语单词	extant
英美音标	英 [ek'stænt] 美 [ek'stænt]
中文释义	adj.现存的
英语例句	(1) This law is ancient but still extant. (2) This is the extant manuscript of the poem.
中文例句	(1) 这一法律古老但仍然有效。 (2) 这是现存的该诗的原稿。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective extant to describe old things that are still around, like your extant diary from third grade or the only extant piece of pottery from certain craftspeople who lived hundreds of years ago.
vocabulary扩展	Extant is the opposite of extinct: it refers to things that are here — they haven't disappeared or been destroyed. Use extant to describe things that it may be surprising to learn are still around — you wouldn't say jeans you bought last year are extant, but a pair of jeans worn by Marilyn Monroe back in the 1950s? Definitely extant.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]尚存的；现存的 If something is extant, it is still in existence, in spite of being very old. [FORMAL 正式] Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant... 这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。 The oldest extant document is dated 1492. 现存最古老的文献出自1492年。

Extant Things Describe Jeans 英 Ek'stænt] 美 Ek'stænt Adj.现存的