existential

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ Existential means relating to human existence and experience. 人類存在的[正式] [ADJ n]
Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist. 需要宗教解答的生命問題持續存在著。
2. ADJ You use existential to describe fear, anxiety, and other feelings that are caused by thinking about human existence and death. 因思考人類存亡而引起的(恐懼、憂慮等感覺)[正式] [ADJ n]
"What if there's nothing left at all?" he cried, lost in some intense existential angst. “要是什麽都沒了會怎樣？”他大叫起來，迷失在某種強烈的攸關人類存亡的痛苦中。