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preexistence

/pree-ig-zist/US // ˌpri ɪgˈzɪst //

前存在,前生,前生今世,前存在的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to exist beforehand.
    • : to exist in a previous state.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to exist prior to; precede: primitive artifacts that preexisted sophisticated tools.

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Examples

  • It also gives an advantage to existing variants that have changed enough that preexisting immunity is no longer as protective.

  • The initial brief bit of cooling subsides as the preexisting natural clouds return to their original, nonpolluted state.

  • “I will always protect people with preexisting conditions”Trump understands little about health-care policy.

  • Many people may choose not to take the vaccine at all, either out of personal preference or because preexisting health conditions prevent them from taking it.

  • The only exceptions were some educators with preexisting health conditions that render them more vulnerable to the coronavirus, who will be allowed to keep teaching virtually.

  • But the thought is always prior to the fact; all the facts of history preexist in the mind as laws.

  • As Burke remarked, the timor at least must be presumed to preexist, and must be accounted for, if not the gods.