existence

[ig'zistəns]

n.存在, 生存

n.

1. 存在, 实在[U]

We do not believe in the existence of ghosts.

我们不相信真有鬼。

2. 生存[U]

a struggle for existence

争取生存的斗争

3. 生活, 生活方式[U][S1]

The explorers led a dangerous existence.

探险家过着危险的生活。

4. 存在物, 实体; 万物[C]

词形变化

动词过去式: existed | 动词过去分词: existed | 动词现在分词: existing | 动词第三人称单数: exists |

词义辨析

同义:

n.存在

being  existing  presence  living  subsistence

n.继续存在

continuance  duration  lastingness  permanence  persistence

n.生活方式

mode of being  lifestyle  manner

n.生活, 生存

life  vital principle  animation  vitality  nature

n.实体, 生物

entity  being  thing  creature  essence  reality  actuality  

英英释义

名词 existence:

the state or fact of existing

同义词：being, beingness

everything that exists anywhere

同义词：universe, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm

短语词组

bring/call into existence

1. 使成立; 使产生

The organization was brought into existence in 1980.

这一机构成立于一九八○年。

come into existence

1. 开始存在; 成立

The company came into existence 20 years ago.

这家公司成立于二十年前。

in existence

1. 存在的; 现有的

This is the most magnificent bridge in existence.

这是现有的最雄伟的大桥。

补充

existenceexistence英:[iɡˈzistəns] 美:[ɪɡˈzɪstəns]n.1.存在He does not believe in the existence of ghosts.他不相信有鬼存在。2.生存, 生活(方式)Trees owe their existence to soil.树木靠土壤生存。

例句

1. Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear-power industry.公众对事故的担心正威胁着核能工业的生存。 2. The Congress of People's Deputies in effect voted itself out of existence.人民代表大会的投票在事实上终结了自身的存在。 3. It will be much faster than any submarine now in existence.它的速度将超越任何现有的潜艇。 4. She has a wretched existence.她过着悲惨的生活。 5. She has led a comfortable existence.她过着舒适的生活。 6. God is the ground of all existence.上帝是万物存在的基础。 7. the plane was the oldest Boeing remaining in existence.这架飞机是现存最古老的波音飞机。 8. the need to acknowledge the existence of a problem.承认存在问题的需要。 9. she helped to keep the company alive when its very existence was threatened.在公司的生存受到威胁时，她帮助公司存活下来。 10. living in a city was more expensive than a rural existence.城市生活比农村生活开支大。 11. They lead a miserable existence in a tiny flat in London.他们住在伦敦一套狭小的公寓里，过着贫困潦倒的日子。 12. the existence of ghosts鬼魂的存在 13. She began to doubt the existence of God.她开始怀疑上帝的存在。 14. the largest animal/building in existence [=the largest animal/building that exists]现存最大的动物/建筑 15. We shouldn't deny the existence of these problems. [=we shouldn't deny that these problems are present or real]我们不应该否认这些问题的存在。 16. long before the country had come into existence [=begun to exist; come to have actual being]早在这个国家成立以前 17. The company has since gone out of existence. [=it no longer exists]这家公司从此不复存在。 18. The organization is engaged in a struggle for (its) existence.这个组织正在为其生存而奋斗。 19. I owe my very existence [=life] to their courage. [=I am alive because of their courage]全靠他们的勇气，我才得以活下来。 20. They enjoyed a comfortable existence.他们享受着舒适的生活。 21. They pursued their meager existence in a poor rural area.他们在贫困的农村地区过着苦日子。