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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- existence [ɪg'zɪstəns]
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1.
n
the fact or state of existing; being
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2.
n
the continuance or maintenance of life; living, esp in adverse circumstances
- a struggle for existence
- she has a wretched existence
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3.
n
something that exists; a being or entity
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4.
n
everything that exists, esp that is living
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1.
n
the fact or state of existing; being
Examples
- a happy existence
- 幸福生活 → existence
- a vegetative existence
- 静如草木的生活 → vegetative
- The existence of global warming is in question.
- 关于是否存在全球变暖的问题，仍在讨论中。
- to be in existence
- 存在的 → existence
- a cotton-wool existence → cotton wool
- a denial of God's existence → denial
- a struggle for existence → existence
- she has a wretched existence → existence
- human existence is finite → finite
- a hand-to-mouth existence → hand-to-mouth
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