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subsistent

/suhb-sis-tuhnt/US // səbˈsɪs tənt //

持续性,执着,持续性的,执着的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : subsisting, existing, or continuing in existence.
    • : inherent: subsistent qualities of character.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Philosophy. something that exists necessarily as opposed to contingent existence in space and time.

Examples

  • Without such a self-subsistent life many intellectual achievements are possible, but they do not deserve the name of Knowledge.

  • Knowledge is possible only in so far as man participates in a self-subsistent life.

  • Dans le train si lent traverser la Camargue je mimagine ces mornes remparts qui depuis sept sicles subsistent intacts.

  • In heaven they too become infinite by partaking of the essential nature of God, who is self-subsistent.

  • The pure self-subsistent form which never combines with matter.