[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
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin existentia, from Latin exsistere 'come into being', from ex- 'out' + sistere 'take a stand'