present
adj. 现在的,目前的; 现在时的; 出席的,在场的; 包含于…的
n. 现在; 礼物
v. 颁发,呈递; 带来,导致; (机会或问题)产生; 展示,呈现; 描述; 表现; 出席; 主持; 上演; 引见
You use present to describe things and people that exist now, rather than those that existed in the past or those that may exist in the future.
He has brought much of the present crisis on himself...
目前的大部分危机都是他自己引起的。
...the government's present economic difficulties...
政府当前的经济难题
The present is the period of time that we are in now and the things that are happening now.
...his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.
他为协调过去和现在所付出的努力。
...continuing right up to the present...
一直持续到现在
In grammar, the present tenses of a verb are the ones that are used to talk about things that happen regularly or situations that exist at this time. The simple present tense uses the base form or the 's' form of a verb, as in 'I play tennis twice a week' and 'He works in a bank'.
A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
There is no way at present of predicting which individuals will develop the disease...
目前还没有办法预测谁会得这种病。
At present children under 14 are not permitted in bars.
目前,14岁以下儿童不允许进酒吧。
The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
...Western European art from the period of Giotto to the present day.
从乔托时期直至现代的西欧艺术
...monastic music of the present day.
当代的寺庙音乐
Something that exists or will be done for the present exists now or will continue for a while, although the situation may change later.
The ministers had expressed the unanimous view that sanctions should remain in place for the present.
大臣们一致认为暂时还不能取消制裁。
If you say 'There's no time like the present', you are suggesting to someone that they should do something now, not later.
Don't wait until New Year to resolve to organise your life. There's no time like the present.
不要等到新年才下决心规划生活。要把握当下。
1. the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech;
2. something presented as a gift;
3. a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
1. show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;
2. bring forward and present to the mind;
3. perform (a play), especially on a stage;
4. hand over formally
5. introduce;
6. give, especially as a reward;
7. give as a present; make a gift of;
8. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);
9. cause to come to know personally;
10. represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally;
11. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize;
12. formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
13. recognize with a gesture prescribed by a miltary regulation; assume a prescribed position;
1. temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration;
2. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place;
gift, present, souvenir, tip
这些名词都有"礼物,赠品"之意。
give, accord, award, confer,grant, endow, present, bestow
这组动词均含有"给予,赠给"之意。
modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date
这些形容词均有"现代的,当代的"之意。
offer, present, propose, volunteer
这些动词均含"提出,提供"之意。
all present and correct
全部都在;无一物(或人)丢失
(there is) no time like the present
现在是最好时机
present company excepted
在场的除外
these presents
(律 正式)本文件
present arms
举枪敬礼
make a present of
把…作为礼物
at present
现在的;马上的
for the present
暂时的;目前的
The guests are all present.
客人都来齐了.
He got a splendid present for her.
他送她一件极好的礼物.
There are two types of participle in English: the past participle and the present participle.
英语中有两类分词: 过去分词和现在分词.
We choose her a nice birthday present.
我们给她挑选了一件精致的生日礼物.
This should not present an obstacle to the development of good relations between our two countries.
这不应妨碍我们两国之间良好关系的发展.