喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/現有的

    Already there and being used now, rather than new or planned.

    Already there and being used now已經存在並且正在使用中rather than new or planned而不是新的或計畫中的

    示範例句 · Example

    The new app works on all existing phones, so you don't need a new one.

    逐字這個新的應用程式在所有現有的手機上都能運作，所以你不需要一支新的。

    existing 形容「現在已經有、正在用的」東西，跟 new（新的）相對，例如 existing customers（現有客戶）、existing laws（現行法律）。可以想成：它把焦點放在「此刻已經存在、不用再造一個新的」，常出現在「我們已經有的 vs. 我們打算新增的」這種對比裡。

    常見搭配

    • existing customers

      現有客戶

      people who are already your customers

      Existing customers get a small discount.

    • existing laws / rules

      現行法律／規定

      the laws or rules that are used now

      The plan must follow the existing laws.

    • existing system

      現有系統

      the system that is already in place

      We improved the existing system instead of replacing it.

    意思相反

    newfutureplanned

core核心畫面

You can picture 'existing' as a label you stick on the thing that is already here right now — it is already in place and being used, as opposed to something new that hasn't been made yet, or something only planned for the future.

可以想成：existing 就像貼在「現在已經在這裡、已經在用」的東西上的一張標籤——它已經就位、正在運作，用來跟「全新的、還沒做出來的」或「只是計畫中、還沒實現的」東西做對比。所以講 existing system（現有的系統）時，重點是「它早就在那裡了，不是新的、也不是未來才有的」。

同家族的字

意思相反

newfutureplanned

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

existingadj/ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/

  • 1

    That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

    • Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
    • In his favour, Beeching declared that he supported carrying on with the existing modernisation projects, but that the rest of the business needed root and branch reform.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。