existential
英 [,egzɪ'stenʃ(ə)l]
美 [,ɛɡzɪ'stɛnʃəl]
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Existential questions requir-ing religious answers still persist.
- 需要通過宗教來解釋的關乎人類存在的問題仍然存留。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. "What if there's nothing left at all?" he cries, lost in some intense existential angst.
- “要是什麽都不會留下呢？”他叫喊道，陷入了對自身存在的深度焦慮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist.
- 需要通過宗教來解釋的關乎人類存在的問題仍然存留。
來自辭典例句
- 4. A statement asserting the existence of a trend is existential, not universal.
- 斷定有某種趨勢存在的命題是存在命題而不是全稱命題.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters which are precisely what artists are concerned with.
- 形式邏輯學家並不關心存在的事物,而藝術家所關心的則正是這些東西.
來自辭典例句