Extant
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.现存的, 传世的
- ［英］ adj.现存的, 传世的 ( still existing; not extinct)
- ［类］ 反义词: extinct ( 灭绝的) ; lost ( 错过的)
- ［记］ ex+stant ( 站) -> 站出来 -> 现存的
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin exstant-, exstans, present participle of exstare to stand out, be in existence, from ex- + stare to stand — more at stand
- Date: 1545
- 1. archaic standing out or above
- 2.
- a. currently or actually existing <the most charming writer extant — G. W. Johnson>
- b. still existing ; not destroyed or lost <extant manuscripts>
