1. 存在，在；有，具有
2. 生存，活着，在世，生活
3. 出现，发生
4. 勉强维生，活下来，幸存

1. vi. 存在,有 be real or actual; have being
2. vi. 生存,活下来,幸存 continue living, especially with difficulty or with very little money; survive

1. have an existence, be extant;

   "Is there a God?"
   

2. support oneself;

   "he could barely exist on such a low wage"
   "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"
   "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
   

1.存在;实际上有
If somethingexists, it is present in the world as a real thing.

exist的意思

e.g. He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn'texist...
他认为自己看不见的东西就不存在。
e.g. Research opportunitiesexist 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。

2.（尤指在逆境中）生存，生活
Toexist means to live, especially under difficult conditions or with very little food or money.

exist的意思

e.g. Iexist from one visit to the next...
我的生活就是一个接一个的访问。
e.g. I was barely existing.
我勉强维持生计。

1. exist是什么意思

1. 生存：从人的生存角度,绝对的悖谬给人理智提出的问题, 在克里马库斯的生存论语境看来,仍然是这一类的问题:永恒如何能够进入生存(exist)?前面我们已经看到,沿伦理-宗教A的途径,生存个体的这种实现基本上是失败的.

1. He is the greatest poet who ever existed.
   他是古今最伟大的诗人。
2. Such people do not exist.
   这样的人是不存在的。
3. Do you believe that God exists?
   你相信有神的存在吗?
4. So poor they can hardly exist.
   他们穷得几乎无法生存了。
5. They were so poor that they did not live but merely existed.
   他们穷得只能算生存,不能算生活。
6. The Roman Empire existed for several centuries.
   罗马帝国存在了好几个世纪。
7. The two sides have reached a partial agreement , but several differences still exist between them.
   双方达成了部分协议,但他们之间仍存在着一些分歧。
8. A life free from all worry just doesn't exist.
   无忧无虑的生活就是不存在。
9. Contradictions exist everywhere.
   到处都有矛盾。
10. The work will continue after we have ceased to exist.
    我们不在人世之后,这一工作仍将继续下去。
11. Racism still exists to varying degrees.
    种族主义仍不同程度地存在着。
12. There exist many sources of energy both potential and kinetic.
    存在着许多势能和动能的能源。
13. There always exists a force of attraction between two bodies.
    两个物体间永远存在着引力。

exist by( v.+prep. )

靠…生活 live by sth
exist by sth/v-ing

I exist by what I think and I can't stop myself from thinking.

我靠我之所思生存,因此我不能停止思想。

In the old days his family existed by begging.

在旧社会,他们一家靠乞讨度日。

exist in( v.+prep. )

存在于…中 live in sth
exist in sth

No one exists in a vacuum.

没有一个人是生活在真空中的。

Salt exists in many things.

许多东西里都有盐分。

Lime exists in many soils.

许多土壤中都含有石灰。

Strange ideas existed in his mind.

他脑子里有一些奇怪的想法。

Crime and poverty still exist in big cities.

犯罪和贫困在大城市里仍然存在。

exist on( v.+prep. )

靠…生活 live upon sth
exist on sth

She existed only on milk.

她只能靠喝牛奶活命。

The horse exists on vegetable food.

马靠植物性食物生活。

They cannot exist on such low wages.

靠这样低的工资他们无法生活。

She exists on very little.

她生活很艰苦。

• The man called father might still exist though there were no child.

  出自：J. S. Mill

• Plays..formed a large..part of such literary pastime as existed.

  出自：G. Saintsbury

1. exist的基本意思是“存在,生存”。作“存在”解时主要指可以被感知的事物以某种状态存在,这种存在多为客观的,强调的是存在的真实性。作“生存”解时主要指人或其他生物依赖某物在地球上存活,此时只表示“存活”,而不表示“过生活”。
2. exist多用作不及物动词。
3. exist常与介词by或on连用,表示“生存的手段或方法”。
4. exist相当于表示存在的动词be,应置于引导词之后,主语之前,即主谓倒装。

1. exist有时有“在逆境中生活，仅能活命”的意思。

   Some people in some poor countries receive wages that allow them to exist but not to live.
   有些贫困国家的人民的收入只能勉强维持生计。

2. exist与subsist区别：subsist指“继续存在”，而exist指“存在”。

exist by, exist on

这两个短语都可以表示“靠…生活”。其区别是：

exist by指“生存的手段”,即“靠…(抽象的)手段生存”,其后常接行为、职业等抽象名词或动名词。例如:

You cannot exist by this idea.你不能光靠这种想法生活。

In the old days his family existed by borrowing.过去,他一家靠借债度日。

exist on指“赖以生存的事物”,即“靠…(具体的)食物等生存”,其后常接食物、收入、薪金等名词。例如:

She exists on bread.她靠面包度日。

He exists on ten dollars a week.他每周靠10美元过活。

exist, be, live

这三个词的共同意思是“生存,存在”。其区别在于:exist指事物存在的客观现实,强调真实性。例如:

God does not exist.上帝并不存在。

be属普通用词,与起引导作用的there连用时,与exist完全同义,有时带有个人信念的色彩。例如:

There exist〔are〕 bears in the zoo.动物园里有熊。

live指有生命、活着,表示“活下去”时可与exist换用。例如:

Live and learn.活到老,学到老。

We cannot live〔exist〕 without food and water.没有食物和水我们就不能生存。

这个问题已经存在几周了。

误 The problem has been existed for weeks.

正 The problem has existed for weeks.

析 exist是不及物动词,不可用于被动结构。

那样的事是从来没有过的。

误 Nothing like that has ever existed in the world.

正 Nothing like that has ever existed.

析 exist本身就有“存在于世上”的意思,因此,其后不用再接in the world。

• ☆ 1600年左右进入英语，直接源自法语的exister；最初源自古典拉丁语的exsistere，意为存在，出现。