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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
- I can barely exist on this wage
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3.
vi.
to be living; live
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4.
vi.
to be present under specified conditions or in a specified place
- sharks exist in the Pacific
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5.
vi.
[philosophy]
to be actual rather than merely possible
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6.
vi.
to be a member of the domain of some theory, an element of some possible world, etc
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7.
vi.
to have contingent being while free, responsible, and aware of one's situation
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8.
vi.
[Etymology]
C17: from Latin exsistere to step forth, from
ex- 1 + sistere to stand
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1.
vi.
[intr]
to have being or reality; to be
Examples
- the qualities that exist in a person
- 人所具有的品质 → exist
- Do you believe that ghosts exist?
- 你相信这世上存在鬼魂吗？ → exist
- I can't believe that bacteria can exist inside nuclear reactor cooling tanks.
- 我不相信细菌能在核反应堆冷却塔中生存。 → exist
- Tremendous opportunities exist for advanced battery developments and safer and more cost effective recycling.
- 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。 → battery
- to exist on sth
- 靠某物生存 → exist
- I can barely exist on this wage → exist
- sharks exist in the Pacific → exist
- a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprotroph → facultative
- 同时存在
- exist simultaneously; exist side by side; coexist → 同时
- 多种经济成份并存。
- Multiple sectors of the economy exist side by side. → 并存
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