pre-existing

界面语言: zh

🇬🇧 /ˌpri:ɪg'zɪstɪŋ/ 🇺🇸 /ˌpri:ɪg'zɪstɪŋ/

📖 释义

adjective
预先存在的; 既有的; 先存的

EN: Already existing or present before a particular time, event, or condition; having existed previously.; Existing prior to a specified reference point, especially in legal, medical, or insurance contexts, referring to conditions, rights, or obligations that were already in place.; In philosophy or theology, referring to the state of existing before physical birth or before the creation of the world.

🔗 详情

词形变化

常用搭配

pre-existing conditionpre-existing knowledgepre-existing relationshippre-existing structurepre-existing agreement

派生词

pre-existpre-existencepreexistentpreexist

同义词

priorantecedentpreexistentestablishedextant

反义词

newnovelsubsequent

易混淆词

preexistent

EN: 'Preexistent' is simply the unhyphenated variant of 'pre-existing'; both are acceptable, though the hyphenated form is more common in British English.

zh: 'Preexistent' 只是 'pre-existing' 的无连字符变体；两者均可接受，尽管在英式英语中，带连字符的形式更为常见。

pre-existing

EN: 'Pre-existing' is an adjective describing something that existed before; 'pre-exist' is the corresponding verb form.

zh: 'Pre-existing' 是形容词，描述之前存在的事物；'pre-exist' 是对应的动词形式。

拼写提示

EN: Both 'pre-existing' (hyphenated) and 'preexisting' (closed) are accepted spellings. The hyphenated form is more common, especially in British English and in medical/legal contexts (e.g., 'pre-existing condition').

zh: 'pre-existing'（带连字符）和 'preexisting'（合并拼写）都是被接受的拼写方式。带连字符的形式更常见，尤其是在英式英语以及医疗/法律语境中（例如 'pre-existing condition'）。

💬 例句

The insurance policy does not cover pre-existing medical conditions.

该保险单不承保既往病史。
The contract acknowledged the pre-existing obligations of both parties.

合同确认了双方既有的义务。
Some ancient philosophers believed in the pre-existing soul that enters the body at birth.

一些古代哲学家相信灵魂是先存的，在出生时进入肉体。