exist

[ig'zist]

v.存在, 生存, 活着

例句与用法：

That department has ceased to exist.

那部门已不复存在。

I can hardly exist on the wage I'm getting; there is no money for luxuries.

我靠我挣的工资简直难以　口，根本无钱享受。

Man cannot exist without air.

没有空气人就不能生存。

The Roman Empire existed for several centuries.

罗马帝国存在了几百年。

词形变化：

动词过去式: existed | 动词过去分词: existed | 动词现在分词: existing | 动词第三人称单数: exists |

vi.

1. 存在[W]

That word doesn't exist in English.

英语中没有这个字。

2. 生存; 生活[(+on)]

She existed only on milk.

她只靠牛奶生存。