Present

['prez(ə)nt] or ['prɛznt]

解释:

(noun.) a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking.

(noun.) something presented as a gift; 'his tie was a present from his wife'.

(noun.) the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; 'that is enough for the present'; 'he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow'.

(verb.) bring forward and present to the mind; 'We presented the arguments to him'; 'We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason'.

(verb.) formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc..

(verb.) hand over formally.

(verb.) introduce; 'This poses an interesting question'.

(adj.) being or existing in a specified place; 'the murderer is present in this room'; 'present at the wedding'; 'present at the creation' .

(adj.) temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; 'the present leader'; 'articles for present use'; 'the present topic'; 'the present system'; 'present observations' .

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解释:

(a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

(a.) Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.

(a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.

(a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.

(a.) Favorably attentive; propitious.

(a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.

(a.) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.

(a.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.

(a.) To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.

(a.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.

(a.) To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.

(a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.

(a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.

(a.) To present; to personate.

(a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.

(a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .

(a.) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment.

(a.) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries.

(a.) To bring an indictment against .

(a.) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.

(v. i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.

(n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.

(n.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.

录入:温德尔

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. At hand, not absent.[2]. Instant, current, existing, not past nor future.

n. Gift, donation, donative, benefaction, offering, gratuity, largess, grant, DOUCEUR.

v. a. [1]. Introduce.[2]. Exhibit, offer, bring to notice.[3]. Give, bestow, grant, CONFER, give away.[4]. Hand, put into one's hands.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:At_hand, existing, not_absent, nigh, instant, immediate, current,[See ABSENT]

SYN:Donation, gift, offering, grant, benefaction,[See BENEFACTION]

SYN:Give, offer, bestow, introduce, exhibit, confer_upon,[See BESTOW]

编辑:威尔玛

解释:

v.t. to set before to introduce into the presence of: to exhibit to view: to offer as a gift: to put into the possession of another: to make a gift of: to appoint to a benefice: to lay before for consideration: to point as a gun before firing.—n. Pres′ent that which is presented or given a gift.—adj. Prēsent′able fit to be presented: capable of being presented to a church living.—n. Presentā′tion act of presenting: a setting forth as of a truth: representation: the act or the right of presenting to a benefice: the appearance of a particular part of the fetus at the superior pelvic strait during labour.—adj. Present′ative having the right of presentation: pertaining to immediate cognition.—ns. Presentēē′ one who is presented to a benefice; Prēsent′er.—adj. Prēsent′ive presentative non-symbolic (of words).—n. Prēsent′iveness.—adv. Pres′ently after a little by-and-by shortly: (arch.) without delay at once.—n. Present′ment act of presenting: the thing presented or represented: (law) notice taken of an offence by a grand-jury from their own knowledge or observation: accusation presented to a court by a grand-jury.—Present arms to bring the gun or rifle to a perpendicular position in front of the body as a token of respect to a superior officer.

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