existence

英 [ɪɡˈzɪstəns]

美 [ɪɡˈzɪstəns]

n.  存在; 实有; (尤指艰难或无聊的)生活，生活方式

复数：existences　

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牛津词典

noun

• 存在；实有
  the state or fact of being real or living or of being present
  1. I was unaware of his existence until today.
     直到今天我才知道有他这么个人。
  2. This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence .
     这是现存最古老的希伯来语手稿。
  3. Pakistan came into existence as an independent country after the war.
     巴基斯坦在战后开始作为一个独立的国家存在。
  4. a crisis that threatens the industry's continued existence
     对这一行业的继续存在构成威胁的危机
• （尤指艰难或无聊的）生活，生活方式
  a way of living especially when this is difficult or boring
  1. The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment.
     这家人在狭小的公寓里艰难度日。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 存在;实有
  Theexistenceof something is the fact that it is present in the world as a real thing.
  1. ...the existence of other galaxies...
     其他星系的存在
  2. The Congress of People's Deputies in effect voted itself out of existence...
     (苏联)人民代表大会的投票在事实上终结了自身的存在。
  3. Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear power industry.
     公众对事故的担忧正威胁着核能工业的生存。
• N-COUNT （尤指逆境中的）生活，生活方式
  You can refer to someone's way of life as anexistence, especially when they live under difficult conditions.
  1. You may be stuck with a miserable existence for the rest of your life...
     你可能一辈子都要过着悲惨的生活。
  2. Their day-to-day existence was routine.
     他们的日常生活很平淡。

英英释义

noun

• everything that exists anywhere
  1. they study the evolution of the universe
  2. the biggest tree in existence
  Synonym:universecreationworldcosmosmacrocosm
• the state or fact of existing
  1. a point of view gradually coming into being
  2. laws in existence for centuries
  Synonym:beingbeingness

双语例句

• They seek strong sensations to dull their sense of a meaningless existence.
  为了冲淡生活毫无意义的感觉，他们追求强烈的刺激。
• The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits.
  收入最低者过着只能勉强糊口的日子，没有医疗补助或其他福利。
• Her existence was lightened by bits of gossip.
  她的生活靠了飞短流长才不那么乏味。
• I was left with puzzlement as to the existence or non-existence of God
  我对上帝存在与否还是困惑不解。
• Anxiety comes from not being able to orient yourself in your own existence.
  不能适应生活便会产生焦虑。
• He was eking out an existence on a few francs a day.
  他每天就靠几法郎勉强度日。
• Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.
  她父亲是军人，所以全家人随军过着一种流动的生活。
• Man must fight for his own existence.
  人类必须为自己的生存奋斗。
• Trees owe their existence to soil.
  树木靠土壤生存。
• Some rare wild animals are battling for their existence.
  一些稀有野生动物在为生存而搏斗。