| 释义 |
existing, ppl. a.|ɛgˈzɪstɪŋ|
[f. exist + -ing2.]
That exists or has existence; that exists at any implied or specified time.
1762Foote Orator i. Wks. 1799 I. 204 They are not at present existing in this kingdom. 1801Southey Thalaba ix. xiv, In Nature are two hostile Gods, Makers and Masters of existing things. 1827Jarman Powell's Devises II. 343 All the expressions applied to females, shewing that he meant existing daughters, not future issue. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 98 He bound himself not to..dissolve the existing Parliament without its own consent. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 5 His sympathy with existing sources of comfort.
Hence † eˈxistingly adv., actually, as a matter of fact, in reality.
1601Deacon & Walker Spirits & Divels 147 They were not existingly, but appearingly, turned into serpents. |