n.
- 存在,實在[U]
We do not believe in the
existence of ghosts.
我們不相信真有鬼。
- 生存[U]
a struggle for
existence爭取生存的鬥爭
- 生活,生活方式[U][S1]
The explorers led a dangerous
existence.
探險家過著危險的生活。
- 存在物,實體;萬物[C]
片語
bring/call into existence
- 使成立;使產生
The organization was
brought into existence in 1980.
這一機構成立於一九八○年。
come into existence
- 開始存在;成立
The company
came into existence 20 years ago.
這家公司成立於二十年前。
in existence
- 存在的;現有的
This is the most magnificent bridge
in existence.
這是現有的最雄偉的大橋。
衍生
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’.