| 单词 | existential |
| 释义 | existential (egzɪstenʃəl ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Existential means relating to human existence and experience. [formal] Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use existential to describe fear, anxiety, and other feelings that are caused by thinking about human existence and death. [formal] 'What if there's nothing left at all?' he cries, lost in some intense existential angst. Collocations: existential experience For a nonentity it's verging on an existential experience, the way you feel exposed and ignored at one and the same time. Times, Sunday Times This was war as an existential experience, its drama intensely human. Times, Sunday Times Beyond the current understanding of the grotesque as an aesthetic category, he demonstrated how the grotesque functions as a fundamental existential experience. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's not supposed to be an existential experience. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The themes of his poetry were existential experiences, war, as well as romantic themes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Social commentary here comes with a lyric thoughtfulness; history with personal reflection; high adventure with existential fear. The Times Literary Supplement Existential fear prevented me from parking up and taking a look inside. Times, Sunday Times Scary movies often trade on existential fears. Times, Sunday Times From that point onward, the absence of existential fears meant the focus could be returned to the development of new products. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet perhaps the biggest existential issue came from the combined forces of the government and a legal profession regulator. Times, Sunday Times Existential issues are usually best resolved with a talking therapy. Times, Sunday Times And all driven by a plastic utensil with existential issues. Times, Sunday Times So themes like personal struggle with relationships and existential issues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This existential question matters to million of people caught in the inheritance tax trap. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Then there is also the existential question. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It is also an existential question of control. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But most think it's bad, an 'existential risk' — a threat to the species — that we must work out how to avoid. Times, Sunday Times As a result he puts the existential risk of climate change at one in 1,000, compared with the one-in-10 chance of unaligned artificial intelligence. Times,Sunday Times The broker said that although the breach of customer data last month did not present an existential risk, the fallout was 'potentially far-ranging'. Times, Sunday Times He strongly promotes the study of existential risk and has given numerous talks on this topic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, reducing existential risk by even a small amount would have a very significant impact on the expected number of people that will exist in the future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The idea that new classical music represents an existential threat to civilisation as we know it is still with us. Times, Sunday Times (2014) When you face an existential threat, you have to make sacrifices to beat it. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This is an existential threat to the party. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This is as great an existential threat, they argue. Times, Sunday Times (2008) |
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