2022-03-10
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - exist & subsist
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง exist = “ig-ZIST”
ออกเสียง subsist = “suhb-SIST”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
exist & subsist
Toexist is “to live,”
“to be,”
“to have life”:
“Racoons exist in that forest.”
“Hatred of war exists in all nations.”
To subsist also means “to have life”
but with the additional idea of doing so
by dependence upon something else,
such as food, water, and shelter:
“Only an experienced explorer can subsist in the Arctic.”
Collins COBUID English Dictionary:
exist
If something exists, it is actually present in the world.
It is clear that a serious problem exists.
They walked through my office as if I didn't exist.
When exist has this meaning,
don't use it in a progressive form.
Don't say, for example, 'It is clear that a serious problem is existing'.
You also use exist to say that someone manages to live under difficult conditions
or with very little food or money.
How can we exist out here?
The whole band exist on a diet of chocolate and crisps.
When exist has this meaning, it can be used in a progressive form.
People were existing on a hundred grams of bread a day.
