existence
/ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/ 名词 B1中文: 存在
- The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. · In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.
- Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)
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I was certain I’d find you here if you were still in existence.
He passed within a few yards of her, but he saw no evidence that she was aware of his presence or existence.
Gilbert Blythe was trying to make Anne Shirley look at him and failing utterly, because Anne was at that moment totally oblivious not only to the very existence of Gilbert Blythe, but of every other scholar in Avonlea school itself.
She would not stoop to admit that she meant to rival Gilbert in schoolwork, because that would have been to acknowledge his existence which Anne persistently ignored; but the rivalry was there and honors fluctuated between them.
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