1 VERB [no cont] 存在;实际上有 If something exists, it is present in the world as a real thing. 存在;实际上有
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He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist. [VERB]
他认为自己看不见的东西就不存在。
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Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology. [VERB]
纯理论昆虫学和应用昆虫学的众多领域都存在着研究机会。
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When Alfred Adler first postulated in 1908 that there existed an inborn instinct of aggression Freud argued against it. [there V n]
当艾尔弗雷德·阿德勒于1908年首次提出人生来就有攻击性本能的假设时,弗洛伊德对此表示反对。
2 VERB (尤指在逆境中)生存,生活 To exist means to live, especially under difficult conditions or with very little food or money. (尤指在逆境中)生存,生活
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I exist from one visit to the next. [VERB]
我的生活就是一个接一个的访问。
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I was barely existing. [VERB]
我勉强维持生计。
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...the problems of having to exist on unemployment benefit. [VERB + on]
不得不靠失业救济金过活的那些问题
SYN survive, stay alive, make ends meet, subsist
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