extant是什么意思？

extant

英[ekˈstænt] 美[ˈɛkstənt, ɛkˈstænt]

• adj. 现存的，仍然存在的；

例句

• Some of Washington’s letter are extant. 华盛顿的有些信件仍然被保留着。
• A primate of the family Hominidae, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant species. 人科的(动物):人科中的灵长类, 其中智人是唯一现存的种类.
• Some of Washington's letter are extant. 华盛顿的有些信件仍然被保留着.
• extant remains of the ancient wall 尚存的古城墙遗迹
• Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant. 这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。
• It contains the earliest documents extant on the life, teaching, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus. 它包含着现存的关于耶稣的生平, 教导, 受难和复活的最早文献.
• The oldest extant document is dated 1492. 现存最古老的文献出自1492年。
• Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant... 这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  尚存的;现存的
  If something is extant, it is still in existence, in spite of being very old.
  例句
  Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant... 这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。 The oldest extant document is dated 1492. 现存最古老的文献出自1492年。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  现存的,仍然存在的
  Some of Washington’s letter are extant. 华盛顿的有些信件仍然被保留着。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost;
  "extant manuscripts""specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd