exist
verb[I]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪst/us/ɪɡˈzɪst/existverb[I](BE)
B1
to be, or to bereal:
存在;实际上有I don'tthinkghostsexist.我认为鬼是不存在的。
Poverty still exists in thiscountry.这个国家仍存在贫困现象。
- It's in thepoorer,underdevelopedeasternregionof thecountrythat thebiggestproblemsexist.
- TheEnglishking, Arthur, is asomewhatshadowyfigurewho may not haveevenexisted.
- Slavery still exists in manypartsof theworld.
- Laws exist tostopcompaniesexploitingtheiremployees.
- Aspecialclosenessissupposedto exist betweentwins.
Existing and being
- account forsomething
- alive
- be
- be a thingidiom
- been
- come
- extant
- found
- have legsidiom
- hood
- indissolubility
- lie
- lie in
- living
- run
- they're
- thing
- viability
- we're
- who're
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Life and living
existverb[I](LIVE)
C1
tolive, or toliveindifficultconditions:
生存,生活;(艰难)存活Somespeciesexist in thissmallareaofforestandnowhereelseonearth.一些物种仅存于这一小片森林中,地球上其他地方都没有。
Fewpeoplecan exist withoutwaterfor more than aweek.很少有人能在断水的情况下活过一周。
No one can beexpectedto existonsuch alowsalary.无法想象有什么人能靠这么低的工资维持生计。
Existing and being
- account forsomething
- alive
- be
- be a thingidiom
- been
- come
- extant
- found
- have legsidiom
- hood
- indissolubility
- lie
- lie in
- living
- run
- they're
- thing
- viability
- we're
- who're
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Living or sleeping somewhere
Life and living