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(guān)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.
“要是什么都不會留下呢？”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(guān)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.