the present

No statement can be made at the present time.

目前不能发表任何声明。

Her book traces the town's history from Saxon times to the present day.

她的书描述的是这个市镇从撒克逊时代到现在的历史。

The present perfect is covered in Unit 8.

现在完成时在第8单元讲解。

‘I am ’ is the first person singular of the present tense of the verb ‘to be ’.

I am是动词to be现在时的第一人称单数。

It is difficult to find work in the present economic climate.

在目前这种经济大气候下很难找到工作。

The present crisis is worse than any that have gone before.

目前的危机比以往任何一次危机都严重。

The present government took office in 2005.

现政府于2005年上台执政。

in the present situation

在当前形势下

Guy wrenched his mind back to the present.

盖伊的思绪猛地回到现在。

The committee will present its final report to Parliament in June.

委员会将于六月向议会提交最后的报告。

A fall in interest rates is a strong probability in the present economic climate.

在目前的经济形势下，降低利率大有可能。

Thanks for the present ─ it's just what I wanted.

感谢赠我这份礼物，这正是我想要的。

The present regime has been in power for two years.

现政权已经执政两年了。

The company has decided it must present a more modern image.

公司已决定，必须展现出更加现代的形象。

There is widespread disillusionment with the present government.

人们对现政府普遍感到失望。

Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate.

在目前的经济气候下，很少有企业兴旺发达。

The present position of the house coincides with that of an earlier dwelling.

这栋房子现在的位置恰与原住宅的位置一致。

Certain of those present were unwilling to discuss the matter further.

某些在场的人不愿意进一步讨论这个问题。

We do not have any more information at the present time.

目前我们没有进一步的消息。

They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system.

他们正试图弄清现行制度的弊端所在。

They wrote thanking us for the present.

他们写信来感谢我们赠送的礼物。

the present incumbent of the White House

现任美国总统

the present government's policy on education

现政府的教育政策

Their differences have been thrown into sharp relief by the present crisis.

目前的危机使得他们的分歧更加引人注目。

This could be an advance on the present situation.

这样可能会改善当前状况。

a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb, for example travelling in the sentence I preferred travelling alone.

动名词

I must write and thank Mary for the present.

我得写信感谢玛丽送给我这份礼物。

The present system of funding for higher education is unsatisfactory.

目前高等教育的经费体制并不令人满意。

From the vantage point of the present, the war seems to have achieved nothing.

依目前的情况来看，这场战争似乎一无所获。

The present duke inherited the title from his father.

现在的公爵承袭的是他父亲的爵位。