non-existent
adjective /ˌnɒn ɪɡˈzɪstənt/
/ˌnɑːn ɪɡˈzɪstənt/
- not existing; not real
不存在的；不真实的 - a non-existent problem
不存在的问题 - ‘How's your social life?’ ‘Non-existent, I'm afraid.’
“你的社交生活如何？” “我恐怕没有社交生活。” - Hospital beds were scarce and medicines were practically non-existent.
当时医院病床紧缺，药物几乎没有。
- Services for customers on public transport are becoming non-existent.
公共交通工具上的顾客服务就要取消了。 - The hotel turned out to be completely non-existent.
最终发现这家旅馆根本不存在。 - Typewriters have become almost non-existent in offices.
办公室里已经几乎没有打字员了。 - She was claiming welfare for two non-existent children.
她在为两个不存在的孩子申请福利。 - They would waste their time worrying about non-existent dangers.
他们为根本不存在的危险担忧只会浪费自己的时间。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- completely
- basically
- almost
- …
- a non-existent problem