existential

英 [ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl]      美 [ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl]
  • adj. 存在主义的;有关存在的;存在判断的
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将“existential”分解为“exist”和“-ential”,想象“exist”是指“存在”的状态,而“-ential”则像是在描述或说明这种存在的方式。因此,可以将“existential”记忆为描述与存在相关的基本、根本问题或状态的东西。例如,存在主义哲学探讨的就是人类存在的本质问题。

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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.
1. Existential questions requir-ing religious answers still persist.
需要通过宗教来解释的关乎人类存在的问题仍然存留。
2. "What if there's nothing left at all?" he cries, lost in some intense existential angst.
“要是什么都不会留下呢?”他叫喊道,陷入了对自身存在的深度焦虑。
3. Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist.
需要通过宗教来解释的关乎人类存在的问题仍然存留。
4. A statement asserting the existence of a trend is existential, not universal.
断定有某种趋势存在的命题是存在命题而不是全称命题.
5. Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters which are precisely what artists are concerned with.
形式逻辑学家并不关心存在的事物,而艺术家所关心的则正是这些东西.