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existential

英 [,egzɪ'stenʃ(ə)l] 美 [,ɛɡzɪ'stɛnʃəl]

解释

adj. 存在主义的；有关存在的；存在判断的

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英文词源

existential (adj.): 1690s, "pertaining to existence," from Late Latin existentialis/exsistentialis, from existentia/exsistentia (see existence). As a term in logic, from 1819; in philosophy, from 1937, tracing back to the Danish works of Kierkegaard (see existentialism). Related: Existentially.

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例句和用法

1. Existential questions requir-ing religious answers still persist.: 需要通过宗教来解释的关乎人类存在的问题仍然存留。

2. "What if there's nothing left at all?" he cries, lost in some intense existential angst.: “要是什么都不会留下呢？”他叫喊道，陷入了对自身存在的深度焦虑。

3. Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist.: 需要通过宗教来解释的关乎人类存在的问题仍然存留。

4. A statement asserting the existence of a trend is existential, not universal.: 断定有某种趋势存在的命题是存在命题而不是全称命题.

5. Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters which are precisely what artists are concerned with.: 形式逻辑学家并不关心存在的事物,而艺术家所关心的则正是这些东西.