ex·ist /ɪgˈzɪst/
靠接受失業救濟生活
Ex·ist v. i. [imp. & p. p. Existed; p. pr. & vb. n. Existing.]
1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.
Who now, alas! no more is missed
Than if he never did exist. --Swift.
To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. --South.
2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.
3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist in water, nor fishes on land.
Syn: -- See Be.
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exist
v 1: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: be]
2: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: survive,
live, subsist]