existence
existence 英 [ɪgˈzɪstəns] 美 [ɪɡˈzɪstəns]
n. 存在
名词复数:existences
- Existence is the state of being alive or being real. For example, you and your best friend disagree about the existence of Bigfoot if you think it's real and your friend doesn't.
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- n. 存在
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1. I was unaware of his existence until today.
直到今天我才知道有他这么个人。
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2. This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence.
这是现存最古老的希伯来语手稿。
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3. 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。
- existence (n.) late 14c., "reality," from Old French existence, from Medieval Latin existentia/exsistentia, from existentem/exsistentem (nominative existens/exsistens) "existent," present participle of Latin existere/exsistere "stand forth, come out, emerge; appear, be visible, come to light; arise, be produced; turn into," and, as a secondary meaning, "exist, be;" from ex "forth" (see ex-) + sistere "cause to stand," from PIE *si-st-, reduplicated form of root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm."
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