The existence of a thing more than two thousand years, will have its raison d'etre.

一个能存在两千多年的事物，必定有其存在的理由。

Value creation is a corporation's raison d'être, the ultimate measure by which it is judged.

价值创造是一个公司存在的原因，也是衡量一个公司的最终尺度。

Their raison d'être, after all, is the promotion of policies favored by their founders and sponsors.

毕竟，他们的目的还是为自己的投资者和赞助商的政策提供宣传。

As the philosopher affirms, "an existing space may outlive its original purpose and the raison d'être which determines its forms, functions, and structures;"

正如这位哲学家所断言的：“一个现有的空间可能超出其原有的目的以及决定其形式、功能和结构的存在理由；