present
/ˈprɛzənt/
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n./adj./v. 禮物;現在的;出席的
- I bought a small present for my best friend's birthday. 我替好朋友的生日買了一份小禮物。
其他意思
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n. 現在, 禮品, 瞄準
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.
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adj. 現在的, 出席的
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.
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v. 介紹, 引見, 贈送, 提出, 呈現, 上演
If you present someone with something such as a prize or document, or if you present it to them, you formally give it to them.
- The mayor presented him with a gold medal at an official city reception
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A present is something that you give to someone, for example at Christmas or when you visit them.
- The carpet was a wedding present from the Prime Minister
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詞組搭配
- a birthday present 生日禮物
- give sb a present 送某人禮物
- at present 目前
- be present at sth 出席某場合
字根
ess, est, sent 存在、是
pre + sent在前面 + 存在