existence

existence
noun
  1. [mass noun]the fact or state of living or having objective reality
    生存;生活;存在
    the plane was the oldest Boeing remaining in existence.
    这架飞机是现存最古老的波音飞机。
    the need to acknowledge the existence of a problem.
    承认存在问题的需要。
    ■continued survival
    继续生存
    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。
    ■[count noun]a way of living
    生活方式
    living in a city was more expensive than a rural existence.
    城市生活比农村生活开支大。
    ■[count noun](archaic)a being or entity
    (古)存在物;实体
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin existentia, from Latin exsistere 'come into being', from ex- 'out' + sistere 'take a stand'
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