区别三
present 除了作为名词 “礼物”。还可以用作形容词和动词。
1. present 作为形容词，表示 “现有的；现在的；目前的”。
- in the present situation在现有的情况下
- The present owner of the house is Lily.这个房子现在的业主是莉莉。
- Sorry，he was not in the office at present.抱歉，他现在不在现场。
2. present 作为动词，意思是 “把...送给；颁发；出现；显示；展现；提交”。
- There were 10 people present at the party.有十个人去参加派对了。
- I'd like to present you a gift.我想给你送一个礼物。
gift 也可以作为动词，意思是 “白送；赋予；赐予；馈赠”。
- She was gifted with a good voice.她被赐予了一副好嗓子。
- He gifted her opponent a score.他白送给他的对手一分。
最后，再来看几个跟 present 和 gift 相关的短语和表达：
gift
① greek gift 害人的礼物
It's a greek gift for you，don't accept it. 这是一个害人的礼物, 千万别收 。
② look a gift horse in the mouth 对礼物吹毛求疵
