at present 现在, 目前
- There is very little profit in selling newspapers at present.
现在卖报纸利润很少。 - They have no intention of getting married at present.
他们目前没有结婚的打算。 - Never before have they been so inspired and so daring as at present.
从来没有看见他们像现在这样精神振奋,意气风发。
at present[ adv ]
at the present moment
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goods now on salethe now-aging dictator
they are now abroad
he is busy at present writing a new novel
it could happen any time now
Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]sent. See {Present}, a.]
1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at
the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
Past and present, wound in one. --Tennyson.
2. pl. (Law) 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.
3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting
the present tense.
{At present}, at the present time; now.
{For the present}, for the tine being; temporarily.
{In present}, at once, without delay. [Obs.] ``With them, in
present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his
death.'' --Milton.