gift

单词辨析:

gift present souvenir 【导航词义:礼品】
gift n. 礼物,赠品
〔辨析〕

比 present 略正式,指为表示感谢或因喜爱某人而相送的礼物(如生日/节日礼物等),也可指捐赠的物品等。

〔例证〕

This is one of my birthday gifts.

这是我生日礼物中的一件。

The painter sent his best painting, as a gift, to the museum.

画家把他最好的一幅油画赠送给了博物馆。

present n. 礼品,礼物
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指为表示感谢、喜爱等送给某人的礼物,一般不很昂贵,常可与 gift 换用。

〔例证〕

He sent his Christmas presents/gifts to his children.

他给孩子们寄去了圣诞礼物。

He made me a present/gift of it.

他用它给我制作了一件礼品。

souvenir n. 礼物;纪念物
〔辨析〕

指度假时买回来送人的礼物,或指对某事物、某游览之地有纪念意义的物品。

〔例证〕

I'd like to buy some souvenirs for my wife.

我想给我夫人买些礼品。

Please accept this as a small souvenir of our friendship.

请接受这个象征我们友谊的纪念物。

talent aptitude faculty genius gift knack 【导航词义:天赋,能力】
talent n. 天资,才能
〔辨析〕

指人在某一方面所具有的可发展和培养的突出天赋,语气弱于 genius。

〔例证〕

The father found that his son had a musical talent.

父亲发现儿子有音乐天赋。

Do you have a talent for painting?

你有绘画天分吗?

He is a writer of exceptional literary talent.

他是位文采出众的作家。

aptitude n. 天资,资质
〔辨析〕

指天生的才能,尤指在学习方面的聪颖资质,能迅速掌握某种技能、技巧等,通常后接介词 for。

〔例证〕

He has a natural aptitude for writing.

他有写作的天赋。

Edison had a remarkable aptitude for inventing new things.

爱迪生具有发明创造的非凡才能。

The boy skipped the third grade because of his great aptitude in mathematics.

那个小男孩因在数学方面极具天赋而从二年级跳到了四年级。

As a child, he showed an aptitude for the piano.

在孩提时代,他便显露出弹奏钢琴的天赋。

faculty n. [正式]才能,技能
〔辨析〕

指某种特殊的才能、能力。

〔例证〕

George has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.

乔治具有激发他人信心的能力。

Studying has really sharpened her critical faculties.

学习的确增强了她的判断能力。

genius n. 天才,天赋
〔辨析〕

语气最强,可指天赋极高者,也可指天赋的特殊才能与智力,强调高智商,含具有独特的创造力之意。

〔例证〕

Einstein was a great scientific genius.

爱因斯坦是个伟大的科学天才。

He was a genius in both science and art.

他在科学和艺术两方面都是天才。

He has some share of his father's genius.

他有几分父亲传给他的天赋。

She has a genius for linguistics.

她具有学习语言学的天赋。

gift n. 天赋,才能
〔辨析〕

指人天生具有的能力或品质,但不一定具有创造力;也可泛指某人在某一方面突出的个人才能。

〔例证〕

I've always had a gift for learning languages.

我一向有学习语言的天分。

He seemed to have a gift for pastiche.

他似乎有模仿他人作品的天赋。

knack n. [非正式]本事,技能
〔辨析〕

指人天生的或后天学来的某种技能或本领。

〔例证〕

a knack for remembering faces

记人的本领

He has a knack for making money.

他天生有赚钱的本领。

Till has a knack of saying funny things.

蒂尔有说俏皮话的本事。

She's got the knack of getting people to listen.

她有让人倾听的本领。

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I feel unworthy of the precious gift you have bestowed on me.

厚赐受之有愧。

His gift was an extremely kind gesture. Credit where credit's due.

他的礼物是很友好的表示,这值得称赞。

Paragraph 81 sets out the rules that should apply if a gift is accepted.

第81节列出了接受礼物后应该遵循的规定。

As a youth he discovered a gift for teaching

他年轻时就表现出教书的天赋。

When Jefferson didn't like a pair of goblets given to him as a gift, he asked a local smith to melt them down

杰斐逊不喜欢别人作为礼物送给他的一对高脚杯,就请当地的一个工匠把酒杯熔毁了。

They are both very religious and felt it was a gift from God.

他们俩都很虔诚,感觉这是上帝的恩赐。