existential
🇺🇸 /ˌɛˌgzɪˈstɛnʃəl/
📖 释义
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adjective
存在的; 存在主义的; 关乎存亡的; 体验的; 存在量词的
🔗 详情
词形变化
常用搭配
existential crisisexistential threatexistential dreadexistential questionexistential riskexistential anxiety
派生词
existentialismexistentialistexistentiallyexistenceexistexistent
同义词
ontologicalmetaphysicalphilosophicalfundamental
易混淆词
existentialist
EN: 'Existentialist' refers specifically to the philosophical movement or its adherents, while 'existential' is broader, relating to existence itself or to questions of meaning and being.
zh: '存在主义者'特指该哲学运动或其追随者，而'存在的'含义更广，涉及存在本身或关于意义与存在的问题。
existent
EN: 'Existent' means currently existing or present, while 'existential' relates to the nature or philosophy of existence.
zh: '现存的'意为目前存在或在场，而'存在的'则涉及存在的本质或哲学。
拼写提示
EN: Remember the '-ential' ending (not '-encial'). The word derives from 'existence' but drops the '-ence' and adds '-ential'.
zh: 记住后缀是'-ential'（不是'-encial'）。这个词源自'existence'，但去掉了'-ence'并加上了'-ential'。
💬 例句
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The novel explores existential questions about the meaning of life and death.
这部小说探讨了关于生死的存在主义问题。
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Sartre and Camus are considered major existential thinkers of the twentieth century.
萨特和加缪被认为是二十世纪主要的存在主义思想家。
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Climate change is often described as an existential threat to human civilization.
气候变化常被视为对人类文明生存的威胁。
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Her existential understanding of grief came only after losing her closest friend.
她对悲伤的存在主义理解，是在失去最亲密的朋友之后才获得的。
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The existential quantifier in formal logic asserts that at least one element satisfies a given property.
形式逻辑中的存在量词断言至少有一个元素满足给定属性。