exist
美音:
[ıg´zıst
]英音:
[ıg´zıst
]vi.存在,生存,生活,继续存在
难易程度:
exist为高中词汇
词频:880
词形变化:
动词过去式:existed 过去分词:existed 现在分词:existing 第三人称单数:exists
词根
sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)
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exist
/ɪg'zɪst; ɪˇ`zɪst/
v [I, Ipr]
1 ~ (in/on sth)
(a) be real or actual; have being 存在; 有
*Do you believe fairies exist? ie that there are really fairies? 你相信真有小神仙吗?
* The idea exists only in the minds of poets. 这种想法是诗人才有的.
* laws that have existed for hundreds of years 已存在千百年的法规
* Does life exist on Mars? 火星上有生命吗?
(b) be found; occur 被发现; 发生
*This plant exists only in Australia. 这种植物只产于澳大利亚.
2 ~ (on sth) continue living, esp with difficulty or with very little money; survive 生存(尤指有困难或钱很少); 活下来; 幸存
*We cannot exist without food or water. 没有食物或水我们就不能生存.
* He exists on rice and water, ie by eating rice and water. 他靠吃米饭和水过活.
* I can hardly exist on the wage I'm getting; there is no money for luxuries. 我靠我挣的工资简直难以 口, 根本无钱享受.
exist
v [I not in progressive][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;Origin: exsistere
'to come into being, exist', from sistere
'to stand']
to happen or be present in a particular situation or place
The custom of arranged marriages still exists in many countries. Opportunities exist for students to gain sponsorship. Stop pretending that the problem doesn't exist. The club will cease to exist if financial help is not found.to be real or alive
Do fairies really exist? Tom acts as if I don't exist at times.to stay alive, especially in a difficult situation when you do not have enough money, food etc
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surviveexist on The hostages existed on bread and water for over five months.
1. Because your views may clash with the different beliefs, norms, values, and traditions that exist in different countries, 因为你的观点可能会与存在于不同国家的不同信念、准则、价值观念和传统发生冲突。
2. Banks stocked with the frozen sperm of geniuses already exist, but they haven't created a master race because few women are queuing up to get pregnant this way. 已经有了贮存天才的冷冻精子的精子库,但它们还没有生成一个优等族,原因是很少有妇女排队等候以这种方式怀孕。
3. While regular schools still exist, the virtual classroom plays an important role in today's learning community. 虽然常规的学校依然存在,但虚拟课堂在今天的教学领域中起着重要的作用。
4. That does not prove that it does not exist; 这并不是证实不存在噪音对健康的影响。
5. There are one hundred thousand million stars in our own Milky Way alone, and then there are three thousand million other Milky Ways, or galaxies, in the universe. So the number of stars that we know exist is now estimated at about 300 million million 仅我们的银河系就有1000亿颗星,况且在宇宙中还有30亿个天河,即银河系。因此,我们所知道的现有恒星数目估计约有30亿X1000亿颗。
6. Though these large machines still exist, many of their functions have been taken over by small powerful personal computers, commonly known as PCs. 虽然这种大计算机仍然存在,但它们的许多功能已被体积小但功能齐全的个人电脑--即我们常说的PC机--所代替了。
7. Three major health trends exist as we begin the new century. 在我们迈入新世纪之际,健康方面呈现出了三大趋势。
8. There is general agreement that genuine biological differences exist between individuals; geniuses need to be lucky in both their genes and their parents. 人们普遍认为,个体之间存在着生理差异,要成为天才必须幸运地既拥有天才的基因,又拥有能造就天才的父母。
9. Now, all there was left with him was a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little breath of genuine life, such as he was breathing now. 而现在他只求能生存,只是偶尔才体验到一丝真正的生活的气息,就像此刻。
10. No matter how society may classify me as invisible and powerless, I exist. 不管社会怎样认为我已无足轻重,无能无力,我仍然存在。
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