| 单词 | preexisting |
| 释义 | preexisting (once / 33964 pages) adj If something's preexisting, it was already there — it existed earlier. Someone might offer you a babysitting job, but if you have a preexisting agreement to watch your little brother that night, you'll have to turn it down. In medicine, a "preexisting condition" is an illness or disorder that a patient has been diagnosed with in the past, often before getting new health insurance or seeing a new doctor. It was once common for US medical insurance to refuse to cover preexisting conditions, but this is no longer allowed legally. Preexist or pre-exist came first, from the "before" prefix pre- and exist, "live or be." WORD FAMILYpreexist: preexisted, preexistence, preexistent, preexisting, preexists+/coexist: coexisted, coexistent, coexisting, coexists/coexistence: coexistences/coexistent: coexistence, coexistently/exist: coexist, existed, existent, existing, exists, preexist/existence: existences, existential/existent: existence, existently, nonexistent, pre-existent/existential: existentialism, existentially/existentialism: existentialist/existentialist: existentialists/existing: pre-existing/nonexistence: nonexistences/nonexistent: nonexistence/preexistence: preexistences USAGE EXAMPLESTrump was not tied to any preëxisting political movement, or to any firm ideological commitments. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Yet while billions were spent on the new line, the preexisting system was literally left to burn. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Even Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is more about snapping like a jigsaw piece into a preexisting mythos than being its own thing. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) adj existing previously or before something Syn pre-existent, pre-existing, preexistent antecedent preceding in time or order |
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