existential
英 [,egzɪ'stenʃ(ə)l]
美 [,ɛɡzɪ'stɛnʃəl]
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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句
