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

• He is the greatest poet who ever existed.
  他是古今最伟大的诗人。
• 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。
• I have to say I didn't even know Fox Lane Police Station existed till about four or five years ago
  我必须承认直到四五年前我才知道有福克斯巷警察局。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Taboos surrounding menstruation and sex have existed since the times of the Old Testament.
  月经和性的禁忌早在旧约的时候就存在了。
• 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。
• The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.
  最后一段有一个时代错误。异端裁判所那时已经不存在了。
• U.S. duties on imported yarn and clothing have existed for decades.
  美国对进口纱线和服装的关税已经存在了数十年。