音标:[ig'zist] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
vi. 存在, 生存, 发生
v. have an existence, be extant
v. support oneself
词型变化:第三人称单数 : exists ; 过去式 : existed ; 过去分词 : existed ; 现在分词 : existing
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福]
词性分布:
动词100%

exist的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. Most scientists believe that water doesn't exist on the surface of the moon.多数科学家认为,月球表面不存在水。
  2. That department has ceased to exist.那部门已不复存在。
  3. Man cannot exist without air.没有空气人就不能生存。
  4. The old lady exists only on rice coffee and bread.老太太仅靠咖啡面包生活。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  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。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
exist by( v.+prep. )
    靠…生活 live by sthexist 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 sthexist 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 sthexist 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。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
动词+~
  • chemical compounds exist存在化合物
  • circumstances exist情况存在
  • democracy exist存在民主
  • famine exist存在饥饿
  • free trade exist存在自由贸易
  • freedom exist存在自由
  • government exist政府存在
  • Nazism exist存在纳粹主义
  • starving people exist存在饥饿的人们
  • strong ideas exist存在古怪的想法
~+副词
  • exist actually现实地存在
  • exist everywhere普遍存在
  • exist happily生活得幸福
  • exist hard艰难地生存
  • exist really确实存在
  • exist still仍然存在
~+介词
  • exist as以…形态而存在
  • exist between在…之间存在
  • exist by靠…为生
  • exist for为…而存在
  • exist from自…就有
  • exist in存在于…之中
  • exist on靠…为生
  • exist on food靠食物维持生命
  • exist under在…下存在
  • exist with与…共存
  • exist without没…而不能生存

经典引文

  • 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
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