新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

presenceIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈprezəns]

[NOUN]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

presences
1. [SING 单数型名词] 在场
Someone's presence in a place is the fact that they are there.
双语例句
例：
They argued that his presence in the town could only stir up trouble.
他们争辩说他在城里出现只会惹来麻烦。
例：
Her Majesty later honoured the Headmaster with her presence at lunch.
后来女王殿下以亲自出席午宴嘉奖了校长。
2. [U 不可数名词] 风采 , 风度
If you say that someone has presence, you mean that they impress people by their appearance and manner.
双语例句
例：
They do not seem to have the vast, authoritative presence of those great men.
他们似乎没有那些大人物的轩昂威严的风采。
3. [C 可数名词] 幽灵 , 灵魂
A presence is a person or creature that you cannot see, but that you are aware of.
双语例句
例：
She started to be affected by the ghostly presence she could feel in the house.
她开始受到那个幽灵的困扰，她能感觉到它就在屋子里。
4. [SING 单数型名词] 驻扎
If a country has a military presence in another country, it has some of its armed forces there.
双语例句
例：
The Philippine government wants the US to maintain a military presence in Southeast Asia.
菲律宾政府希望美国保留在东南亚的驻军。
5. [U 不可数名词] 存在
If you refer to the presence of a substance in another thing, you mean that it is in that thing.
双语例句
例：
The somewhat acid flavour is caused by the presence of lactic acid.
略有的酸味是因为含有乳酸造成的。
例：
the presence of a carcinogen in the water.
此水中存在一致癌物质。
例：
Although the fluid presents no symptoms to the patient, its presence can be detected by a test.
虽然此液体不会引起患者的任何症状，但是它可以通过试验检测出来。

PHRASE. 习语

in someone's presence
1. 在某人面前
If you are in someone's presence, you are in the same place as that person, and are close enough to them to be seen or heard.
双语例句
例：
The talks took place in the presence of a diplomatic observer.
会谈是在一位外交观察员在场的情况下进行的。