n.
- 存在,实在[U]
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We do not believe in the
existence of ghosts.
我们不相信真有鬼。
- 生存[U]
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a struggle for
existence争取生存的斗争
- 生活,生活方式[U][S1]
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The explorers led a dangerous
existence.
探险家过着危险的生活。
- 存在物,实体;万物[C]
短语
bring/call into existence
- 使成立;使产生
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The organization was
brought into existence in 1980.
这一机构成立于一九八○年。
come into existence
- 开始存在;成立
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The company
came into existence 20 years ago.
这家公司成立于二十年前。
in existence
- 存在的;现有的
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This is the most magnificent bridge
in existence.
这是现有的最雄伟的大桥。
派生
辨析
n.
- the fact or state of existing.
▸a way of living.
▸(in certain beliefs) any of a person's successive earthly lives.
- archaic a being or entity.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from late L. existentia, from L. exsistere ‘come into being’.