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🔑 ex·ist·enceBrE /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/NAmE /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/ noun🔑 [U] the state or fact of being real or living or of being present 存在;实有◆I was unaware of his existence until today. 直到今天我才知道有他这么个人。◆This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence. 这是现存最古老的希伯来文手稿。◆Pakistan came into existence as an independent country in 1947. 巴基斯坦在 1947 年成为了独立国家。◆a crisis that threatens the industry's continued existence 对这一行业的继续生存构成威胁的危机🔑 [C] a way of living especially when this is difficult or boring (尤指艰难或无聊的)生活,生活方式◆The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment. 这家人在狭小的公寓里艰难度日。◆We led a poor but happy enough existence as children. 我们儿时的生活虽然贫穷却过得很愉快。◆They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on). 他们勉强维持着朝不保夕的生活。◆The peasants depend on a good harvest for their very existence (= in order to continue to live). 农民靠丰收才能活命。 |