existing

adj.

1. 现存的；现行的
   found or used now
   1. New laws will soon replace existing legislation.
      新法律即将取代现行法规。

1. ADJ （尤指与未来相对的）现存的，现行的，目前的
   Existing is used to describe something which is now present, available, or in operation, especially when you are contrasting it with something which is planned for the future.
   1. ...the need to improve existing products and develop new lines...
      改进现有产品、开发新生产线的需要
   2. Existing timbers are replaced or renewed...
      现有的木料进行了替换或翻新。
   3. This facility is open to both new and existing borrowers.
      这套设备向新老借用者开放。

1. The new measures are aimed at tightening existing sanctions.
   新措施旨在加强现行的制裁。
2. A website need not cannibalise existing sales.
   网站并不妨碍目前的销售。
3. There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed.
   政府现行的失业方案已经有点强制的意味了。
4. New goals are not always consistent with the existing policies.
   新目标并不总是与现行政策一致。
5. Most manufacturers content themselves with updating existing models.
   大多数制造商都满足于对现有款型进行更新。
6. The doctors want stricter enforcement of existing laws, such as those banning sales of cigarettes to children.
   医生们希望加大现行法律的执行力度，如禁止向孩童出售香烟。
7. I was barely existing.
   我勉强维持生计。
8. Existing timbers are replaced or renewed
   现有的木料进行了替换或翻新。
9. This facility is open to both new and existing borrowers.
   这套设备向新老借用者开放。
10. By embracing other cultures and genres, we actually broaden our horizons, rather than narrow any existing ones.
    通过接纳其他文化和体裁，我们实际上拓宽了领域，而不是让现有的范围变得狭窄。
11. Lenders rely on the misplaced loyalty of existing borrowers to make their profit
    放贷人指望现有借贷人的盲目忠诚来谋求利益。
12. Some feminists sought reforms within the existing social order.
    一些女权主义者寻求在现存的社会制度内进行改革。
13. All new fashion starts out as a reaction against existing convention
    所有新时尚都是从打破现有常规开始的。
14. A loan was arranged to refinance existing debt
    办理贷款以清偿现有债务。
15. Most of the 'new' models promised by American car makers look set to be little more than rehashes of existing products.
    这些美国汽车制造商承诺推出的“新款”多半都像是现有车型的翻版。
16. They should concentrate on rejuvenating the existing vegetation, like grass and shrubs.
    他们应该侧重于修整现有的绿化植被，比如草和灌木。
17. Much of this business involves retrofitting existing planes
    这项业务主要是改造更新现有的飞机。
18. That was for a design built round an existing American engine
    那是用在以现有的一种美国发动机为基础的设计之上的。
19. The builders will have to strengthen the existing joists with additional timber.
    施工人员将不得不另外用木料加固现有的托梁。
20. The investigation will rely on existing powers to subpoena documents.
    该调查将凭借现有权力要求将各种相关文件呈堂。
21. At the moment they are existing on pensions that are subsidised by the government.
    此刻他们正依靠政府发放的养老金维持生计。
22. Professor Orr has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules using existing laboratory lasers
    奥尔教授发明了用现有实验室激光设备给化学分子做记号的种种有趣的办法。
23. Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.
    马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
24. Student grants will be frozen at existing levels and top-up loans made available.
    学生助学金将冻结在现有水平，但可以申请补足贷款。
25. Existing houses are becoming totally unfit for human habitation
    现有的房子正变得完全不适合住人。
26. An intriguing variant to pipelines would be to carry the water using the existing system of canals
    除用管道外，利用现有的运河系统来输送水也很值得一试。
27. He is not fatuously content with existing conditions.
    他不会愚昧地满于现状的。
28. The new system will be compatible with existing equipment.
    新的系统将与现有的设备相互兼容。
29. Non-technical causes of fakes existing in Chinese medicinal materials markets come from three aspects.
    中药材市场存在假劣品的非技术原因有三方面。
30. These ideas gradually incorporated with the existing religious beliefs to form a new philosophy.
    这些观点逐渐与现存的宗教信仰结合而形成一套新哲学。

adj

1. having existence or being or actuality
   1. an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient
   2. much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran

   Synonym:    existent

2. presently existing
   1. the existing system

3. existing in something specified
   1. depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream