exists

英 [ɪɡˈzɪsts]

美 [ɪɡˈzɪsts]

v.  存在; 实际上有; (尤指在困境或贫困中)生活，生存
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 存在;实际上有
  If somethingexists, it is present in the world as a real thing.
  1. He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist...
     他认为自己看不见的东西就不存在。
  2. Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology...
     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。
  3. When Alfred Adler first postulated in 1908 that there existed an inborn instinct of aggression Freud argued against it.
     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。
• VERB （尤指在逆境中）生存，生活
  Toexistmeans to live, especially under difficult conditions or with very little food or money.
  1. I exist from one visit to the next...
     我的生活就是一个接一个的访问。
  2. I was barely existing.
     我勉强维持生计。
  3. ...the problems of having to exist on unemployment benefit.
     不得不靠失业救济金过活的那些问题

双语例句

• For the faculty, there exists the triad of responsibilities: teaching, research, and service.
  教员要承担三重责任：教学、研究与服务。
• Well, of course I recognize that evil exists.
  嗯，我当然承认邪恶的存在。
• There exists in the cosmos a preferred frame of reference.
  宇宙中有一个从优参照系。
• Salt exists in many things.
  许多东西里有盐分。
• Freon exists both in liquid and gaseous states.
  氟利昂有液态和气态两种形态。
• A school dental service exists in theory, but in practice, there are few dentists to work in them.
  照理说，学校也有牙医诊所，可实际上，里面的牙医寥寥无几。
• No price point exists for the machine yet
  目前还没有确定这种机器的价格。
• It exists in dreams rather than actuality.
  它存在于梦境而非现实中。
• I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life.
  我没有凭空捏造，这种人现实生活中确实存在。
• It's not just that a gulf exists in living standards — there's a psychological ravine.
  不仅仅是生活水平上存在巨大差异，心理上也有鸿沟。