presence /ˈprɛzəns/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-SING Someone's presence in a place is the fact that they are there. 在场

  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搅起麻烦。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone has presence, you mean that they impress people by their appearance and manner. 风采 [表赞许]

  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. 

  N-COUNT A presence is a person or creature that you cannot see, but that you are aware of. 幽灵 [文学性]

  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. 

  N-SING If a country has a military presence in another country, it has some of its armed forces there. 驻扎

  例：

  The Philippine government wants the U.S. 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. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the presence of a substance in another thing, you mean that it is in that thing. 存在

  例：

  The somewhat acid flavour is caused by the presence of lactic acid.

  略有的酸味是由乳酸的存在造成的。

• 6. 

  PHRASE 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. 在某人面前

  例：

  The talks took place in the presence of a diplomatic observer.

  会谈是在一位外交观察家在场的情况下进行的。