existed

英 [ɪɡˈzɪstɪd]

美 [ɪɡˈzɪstɪd]

v.  存在; 实际上有; (尤指在困境或贫困中)生活，生存
exist的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 存在;实际上有
  If somethingexists, it is present in the world as a real thing.
  1. He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist...
     他认为自己看不见的东西就不存在。
  2. Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology...
     纯理论昆虫学和应用昆虫学的众多领域都存在着研究机会。
  3. When Alfred Adler first postulated in 1908 that there existed an inborn instinct of aggression Freud argued against it.
     当艾尔弗雷德·阿德勒于1908年首次提出人生来就有攻击性本能的假设时，弗洛伊德对此表示反对。
• VERB （尤指在逆境中）生存，生活
  Toexistmeans to live, especially under difficult conditions or with very little food or money.
  1. I exist from one visit to the next...
     我的生活就是一个接一个的访问。
  2. I was barely existing.
     我勉强维持生计。
  3. ...the problems of having to exist on unemployment benefit.
     不得不靠失业救济金过活的那些问题

双语例句

• It seems highly unlikely that she ever existed.
  她好像压根就没存在过。
• Despite its prevalence, schizophrenia has existed behind a wall of secrecy for years.
  尽管精神分裂症患者为数众多，但多年来这种病一直被捂着掩着。
• In education, a serious gap has existed between agricultural science and other areas of natural science.
  在教育方面，农业科学和自然科学其它领域之间存在严重的空白。
• They completely ignore these facts as if they never existed.
  他们完全忽略了这些事实，就仿佛它们不存在似的。
• How long has this school existed?
  该所学校成立了多长时间？
• A close friendship had existed between them for several years.
  他们之间亲密的友谊已经有许多年了。
• The apartheid system which enshrined racism in law still existed.
  以法律保护种族主义的种族隔离制度依旧存在。
• There was a warmth and passion about him I never knew existed
  他身上有一股我从不知道的热情和激情。
• There existed different opinions on this question.
  在这个问题上存在着不同看法。
• Racism is a deeply rooted prejudice which has existed for thousands of years.
  种族主义是存在了几千年的根深蒂固的偏见。