ADVERB | VERB + EXISTADVERB➤actually, really事實上存在;確實存在◇Do these creatures really exist?這些生物確實存在嗎 ?➤already, still已經存在;依然存在◇Few of these monkeys still exist in the wild.這些猴子只有少數仍處於野生狀態。➤previously之前存在➤no longer, not any more不再存在◇I didn't think people like that existed any more.我認為再也沒有那樣的人了。➤not yet尚不存在◇The technology did not yet exist.那時這種技術尚不存在。➤currently目前存在➤only, solely僅僅存在◇companies that exist solely for the purpose of mortgage lending單為抵押貸款而辦的公司➤primarily主要存在▸➤independently獨立存在◇He argued that ideas do not exist independently of the language that expresses them.他認為,思想不會脫離其語言表達形式而獨立存在。VERB + EXIST➤be known to已知存在◇the enormous volcanoes now known to exist on Mars目前已知火星上存在的巨型火山➤appear to, be believed to, be supposed to看起來/被認為/假定存在◇They appear to exist in significant numbers.看起來他們大量存在着。◇a species with only about a thousand believed to exist in the wild據信野外僅存活約 1,000 只的物種➤continue to繼續存在▸➤cease to不再存在