existent
英[ɪg'zɪst(ə)nt;eg-]
美[ɪɡ'zɪstənt]
- n. 生存者；存在的事物
- adj. 存在的；生存的
英英释意
- 1. having existence or being or actuality;
- "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"
- "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"
- 2. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory;
- "real objects"
- "real people; not ghosts"
- "a film based on real life"
- "a real illness"
- "real humility"
- "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
- 3. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;
- "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
- "actual and imagined conditions"