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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. "What if there's nothing left at all?" he cries, lost in some intense existential angst.
“要是什么都不会留下呢？”他叫喊道，陷入了对自身存在的深度焦虑。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自辞典例句
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.
来自辞典例句
5. Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters which are precisely what artists are concerned with.
