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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- exist
[ɪg'zɪst]
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1.
vi.
(be present) 存在
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2.
vi.
(live，subsist) 生存
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to exist on sth
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靠某物生存
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- exist
[ɪgˈzɪst]
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1.
vi.
存在，有
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The basis for a different type of approach already existed.
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一个不同方法的基础已经存在。
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2.
vi.
生存，过活
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I'd been existing on two or three hours of sleep a night.
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我晚上一直都睡两三个小时。
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He could barely exist on such a low wage.
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拿着这样微薄的收入，他只能勉强糊口。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- exist
[ɪg'zɪst]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
to have being or reality; to be
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2.
vi.
to eke out a living; stay alive; survive
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I can barely exist on this wage
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3.
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to be living; live
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4.
vi.
to be present under specified conditions or in a specified place
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sharks exist in the Pacific
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vi.
[Philosophy]
to be actual rather than merely possible
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to be a member of the domain of some theory, an element of some possible world, etc
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to have contingent being while free, responsible, and aware of one's situation
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[Etymology]
C17: from Latin exsistere to step forth, from ex-1 + sistere to stand
Examples
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Do you believe that ghosts exist?
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你相信这世上存在鬼魂吗？
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Tremendous opportunities exist for advanced battery developments and safer and more cost effective recycling.
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高性能电池面临巨大发展机遇，借此机会更安全更具生态效益的回收也指日可待。
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If a quality control mechanism does not exist, the outcome would be nothing more than shit.
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如果没有质量管理机制，那么所有的产出都将是垃圾。
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Many people who use drugs regularly find it difficult to exist in a drug-free world.
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很多经常服毒品的人离开了毒品难以生存
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That's the author 's thesis, that gods exist only to the extent that people believe in them.
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这就是作者的观点，即神只存在于那些相信神的人的心中。
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If we are not careful this species may cease to exist.
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如果我们不小心保护的话，这种生物可能将不复存在。
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These elements only exist in the cyberspace of a working computer program.
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这些元素只存在于正在运行的电脑程序的网络空间里。
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