existential是什么意思？

existential

英[ˌegzɪˈstenʃəl] 美[ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəl, ˌɛksɪ-]

• adj. 有关存在的，存在主义的，存在判断的；

例句

• Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters. 真正的逻辑学家不关心与存在有关的问题.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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。
• "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。
• '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。
• 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。

英语六级真题

They found it hard to know what to want, creating a kind of existential bafflement.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  关于人类存在的;基于存在（或经验）的
  Existential means relating to human existence and experience.
  例句
  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。
• ADJ
  有关(生死)存在的
  You use existential to describe fear, anxiety, and other feelings that are caused by thinking about human existence and death.
  例句
  '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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. derived from experience or the experience of existence;
  "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington"formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey
  2. of or as conceived by existentialism;
  "an existential moment of choice"
  3. relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)