existence
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ɪɡˈzɪstəns/
/ɪɡˈzɪstəns/
- [uncountable] the state or fact of being real or living or of being present
存在；实有 - I was unaware of his existence until today.
直到今天我才知道有他这么个人。 - to believe in the existence of God
相信上帝的存在 - the mystery of human existence
人类存在的奥秘 - The continued existence of the industry depends on the investment of public money.
该行业的持续存在取决于公共资金的投资。 - The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence (= in order to continue to live).
农民靠丰收才能活命。 - The mere existence of these strange creatures fascinated him.
这些奇特生物的存在本身就使他着迷。 - Some groups in the industry seek to deny the existence of a global warming problem.
业内一些团体试图否认全球变暖问题的存在。 - The school owed its existence to the generosity of one man.
学校得以存在归功于一个人的慷慨。 - Internet shopping constitutes a threat to the existence of high-street shops.
网络购物对商业街商店的存在构成了威胁。 - in existence The company has been in existence since 1924.
该公司自1924年以来一直存在。 - This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence.
这是现存最古老的希伯来文手稿。 - existence as something Pakistan came into existence as an independent country in 1947.
巴基斯坦在 1947 年成为了独立国家。 - The book acknowledges the existence of graffiti as an art form.
这本书承认涂鸦作为一种艺术形式的存在。 - Several species are in danger of being hunted out of existence.
几个物种有被猎杀的危险。 - There was a fear that the club might go out of existence for lack of support.
有人担忧，这家俱乐部可能会因缺乏支持而倒闭。
- Christianity taught that our earthly existence was merely a preparation for life after death.
基督教义说，我们现世的存在，只不过是为死后的来生做准备。 - Darwin viewed the struggle for existence as being the major promoter of evolution.
达尔文认为生存竞争是进化的主要推动力。 - Deep down I resented his existence.
我发自内心地怨恨他的存在。 - El Cid's actual existence is not in doubt.
民族英雄埃尔•熙德的确存在，这毫无疑问。 - He claimed to be able to remember a previous existence.
他声称能记起上辈子的事。 - How do you explain the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations?
你如何解释近亲物种分布在相距很远的地方这一现象 ? - Scientists were able to verify the existence of this particle.
科学家能够证实这种粒子的存在。 - She questioned the existence of God.
她质疑上帝的存在。 - The company's existence depends on continued growth.
公司的生存依靠持续的发展。 - The girl's parents continued to ignore her very existence.
女孩的父母继续无视她的存在。 - The idea has been in existence for centuries.
这种观念已经存在了好几个世纪。 - There is research that strongly supports the existence of repressed memories.
有研究充分表明，确实存在着受压抑的记忆。 - Throughout its entire existence, it has been a deeply contested concept.
这一概念在其整个存在期间一直极受争议。 - his yearning for a more meaningful existence
他对更加有意义的生活的向往 - the only instrument of its kind in existence
这种工具现存的唯一一件 - to prove scientifically the existence or non-existence of ghosts
科学地证明鬼魂的存在与否
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- actual
- real
- possible
- …
- be in
- have
- come into
- …
- depend on something
- depend upon something
- in existence
- the struggle for existence
- I was unaware of his existence until today.
- [countable] a way of living, especially when this is difficult or boring
（尤指艰难或无聊的）生活，生活方式 - The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment.
这家人在狭小的公寓里艰难度日。 - They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on).
他们勉强维持着朝不保夕的生活。 - He lives a hand-to-mouth existence (= he has only enough money for basic needs such as food).
他过着勉强糊口的生活。
- We led a poor but happy enough existence as children.
我们儿时的生活虽然贫穷却过得很愉快。 - She had lived such a sheltered existence.
她过着备受呵护的生活。 - a comfortable middle-class existence
中产阶级的舒适生活
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bare
- hand-to-mouth
- meagre/meager
- …
- enjoy
- have
- lead
- …
- a mode of existence
- The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment.
词源late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin existentia, from Latin exsistere ‘come into being’, from ex- ‘out’ + sistere ‘take a stand’.