extant
美音:
[´ekstənt
]英音:
[´ekstənt
]adj.现存的,未毁的,<古>突出的,显著的
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extant为短语/超纲词汇
词根
sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)
近义词, 同义词
extant
/ek'stænt; [US] 'ekstənt; `ɛkstənt/
adj (esp of documents, etc) still in existence (尤指文件等)仍然存在的, 现存的
*the earliest extant manuscript of this poem 此诗现存最早的原稿
* an ancient but extant law 一古老的但仍然有效的法律.
extant
adj formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: exstans, present participle of exstare 'to stand out, exist', from stare 'to stand']
still existing in spite of being very old
Few of the manuscripts are still extant.
1. There were only three extant copies of the book. 该书仅现存三本。
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