PRESENT

Traducere în limba română

present¹ I. adjectiv

1. prezent, de faţă;

to be present at the lecture a fi prezent / a lua parte /a participa la conferinţă;

all present applauded him toţi cei prezenţi / de faţă / toată asistenţa / toată sala l-a aplaudat;

the present company is always excepted (toţi) cei de faţă sunt întotdeauna exceptaţi / excluşi;

to be present to oneself a avea prezenţă de spirit;

to be present to the mind a stărui în minte; a fi (încă) proaspăt în memorie;

(mil.) all present and correct toţi prezenţi (la raport);

mister X, here present domnul X, aici de faţă.

2. actual, prezent, de faţă;

the present situation situaţia actuală / de faţă;

the U.S. present administration guvernul actual al S.U.A.;

the present year anul în curs;

present fashion moda de acum / astăzi;

at the present time în prezent, în epoca actuală, (în vremea de) astăzi;

up to the present time până în prezent / în ziua de azi / azi;

present value valoare actuală;

question of present interest problema actuală.

3. de faţă, în chestiune;

the present case cazul de faţă / în chestiune.

4. oportun, binevenit; eficace;

a very present help in trouble un ajutor foarte binevenit la nevoie.

present¹ II. substantiv

1. prezent;

the present prezentul;

up to / until the present până-n prezent; până-n momentul / clipa de faţă;

for the present pentru moment, deocamdată;

at present, (înv.) at this present în prezent, în momentul / clipa de faţă;

(înv.) at that present pe vremea aceea, atunci;

(înv.) at the present a) v. at this present; b) v. at that present.

2. (com.) the present prezenta (scrisoare);

by the present la timpul prezent.

present² substantiv

cadou, dar;

to send smb. smth. as a present a trimite cuiva ceva drept (un) cadou;

to make smb. a present of smth., to give smth. to smb. as a present a dărui cuiva ceva;

he gave it to me as a present mi-a făcut-o cadou;

to make a present to smb. a face cuiva un cadou; (vânzătorului, când cumperi) it's for a present e pentru un cadou.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

No doubt; but that is no explanation of the present.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

You can’t deny that Neligan was present that night, Mr. Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. March was both surprised and touched, and smiled with her eyes full as she examined her presents and read the little notes which accompanied them.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Such is my journal of what relates to this strange occurrence up to the present day.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But I think her present home must do her good.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

I have given you answers enough for the present: now I want to read.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Gretel presents Hans with a knife.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Captain Wentworth was gone, for the present, to see his brother in Shropshire.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

What a holiday this year’s stars present to you!

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He said to me:—I can do this, all that can be at the present. You go wake those maids.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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