| 释义 |
ex·ist
\igˈzist, eg-\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin existere, exsistere to step forth, emerge, come into being, exist, from ex- ex- (I) + sistere to cause to stand; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand
1. : to have actual or real being whether material or spiritual : have being in space and time
< by whom we exist and cease to be — Shakespeare >
2. : to have being in any specified condition or place or with respect to any understood limitation
< salt exists in solution in the sea >
< queer notions exist in his mind >
3. : to continue to be : maintain being
< some industrial activity does exist in the urban fringe — N.R.Heiden >
4. : to have life or the functions of vitality : live
< men cannot exist without oxygen >
5. [translation of Danish eksistere & German existieren] in existentialism : to have contingent but free and responsible being; also : to live as one that has such being |