| 单词 | existing |
| 释义 | existing (once / 207 pages) adj If something is existing, it's real. When you make a list of existing mammals, you can't include unicorns, because they don't really exist. Something that's real can be said to exist, or to be existing. The existing laws in your state are the ones that are actually on the books, and your existing friends are the ones you really have, and who are all alive and well. The verb exist, at the root of the adjective existing, comes from the Latin existere, "come into being," from a combination of ex, "out," and sistere, "take a stand." WORD FAMILYexisting: pre-existing+/coexist: coexisted, coexistent, coexisting, coexists/coexistence: coexistences/coexistent: coexistence, coexistently/exist: coexist, existed, existent, existing, exists, preexist/existence: existences, existential/existent: existence, existently, nonexistent, pre-existent/existential: existentialism, existentially/existentialism: existentialist/existentialist: existentialists/nonexistence: nonexistences/nonexistent: nonexistence/preexist: preexisted, preexistence, preexistent, preexisting, preexists/preexistence: preexistences USAGE EXAMPLESOthers see it as a way to cut back existing government security net programs. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The work also included adding nearly 13,000 square feet of interior space and remodeling about 20,000 square feet of the existing terminal. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “So the announcement will just help Nebraskans to comply with the existing law.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj having existence or being or actuality much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran Syn|Ant existent active, alive in operation extantstill in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost nonexistent not having existence or being or actuality extinct(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive absent, lacking, missing, wantingnonexistent barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocentcompletely wanting or lacking nonextantno longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction vanishedhaving passed out of existence 2adj presently existing the existing system Syn present temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration 3adj existing in something specified depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream Syn present being or existing in a specified place |
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