gift中文

时间: 2024-09-29 05:03:57

(部分内容来自网络，其真实性存疑，为了避免对您造成误导，请谨慎甄别。)

gift

◙ noun
1. a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present
• 赠品；礼物
»a Christmas gift.
  圣诞礼物。
»[as modifier] a gift shop.
  礼品店。
  an act of giving something as a present
• 赠送；送礼
»his mother's gift of a pen.
  他妈妈送的礼物笔。
  [informal] a very easy task or unmissable opportunity
• [非正式] 非常容易完成的任务；绝对不会错失的机会
»that goal was an absolute gift.
  那个进球纯属奉送。
2. a natural ability or talent
• 天赋；才能
»he has a gift for comedy.
  他具有喜剧天赋。
◙ verb
1. [with obj.] give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest
• （尤指正式）捐赠，遗赠；把…作为礼物赠送
»the company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity.
  该公司将 2,999 股股份赠给了一个慈善团体。
  present (someone) with a gift or gifts
• 向（某人）赠送（礼物）
»the queen gifted him with a heart-shaped brooch.
  王后送给他一个心形胸针。
  [informal] inadvertently allow (an opponent) to have something
• [非正式] （无意中）让（对手）获得
»[with two objs] the goalkeeper gifted Liverpool their last-minute winner.
  守门员在最后一分钟让利物浦队进球获胜。
  (gift someone with)endow with (something)
• 赋予
»man is gifted with a moral sense.
  人类被赋予了道德观。

【IDIOMS】

◘ the gift of the gab
--› see gab
◘ the gift of tongues --› see tongue
◘ in the gift of
1. (of a Church living or official appointment) in the power of someone to award
• （教士俸金或官职）（某人）有权授予
»nine seats in parliament were now in his gift.
议会中的九个席位他有授予权。
◘ don't look a gift horse in the mouth
1. (proverb)don't find fault with something that you have discovered or been given
• [谚] 对发现（或获赠）的东西不要再找茬

【派生】

♦ giftable adjective
1. [US] .)

【语源】

1. Middle English: from Old Norse gipt; related to give