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(事物持续地占据着时间和空间) exist; be
They completely ignore these facts as if they never existed.
他们完全忽略了这些事实, 就仿佛它们不存在似的。
There are still plenty of shortcomings in our work.
我们工作中还存在不少缺点。
(不依赖人的意志为转移的客观境界,即物质) being, existence
Men's social existence determines their consciousness.
人们的社会存在决定人们的意识。