EXISTstill existing in spite of being very old 〔虽古老却〕尚存的,现存的
Few of the manuscripts are still extant.
手稿大都散佚无存。
Examples from the Corpus
extant• More amenable land had become available and J.H. Taylor was commissioned to design the course still largely extant.• The last extantchancerybond is dated 21 June.• It is closely related to a longer versionextant in four manuscripts three of which assign it to him.• Finished, the 4-foot-high platform was three times larger than any stage extant in San Francisco.• This is one of the few extant manuscripts.• Fossils may tie them to the ungulates, but they seem quite distinct from any extantmember of the group.• In the few extantrepresentations she is always shown as veiled.• However, the significance of this is questionable, as extantspecimens all emanate from a single obverse die.
Originextant
(1500-1600)Latinexstans, present participle of exstare“to stand out, exist”, from stare“to stand”