| 释义 |
gift/ɡift/ n. & v.●n. 1 a thing given; a present 赠品；礼物 2 a natural ability or talent 天赋，天资 3 the power to give 赠予权 in his gift 有权赠予；由某人授权或准予 4 the act or an instance of giving 赠予 5 colloq. an easy task [口]轻而易举的事，过分容易的事 ●v. tr. 1 endow with gifts 赠送礼物给某人 2a (foll. by 后跟 with) give to as a gift 以…作为礼物送人 b bestow as a gift 作为礼品赠予某人 □ look a gift-horse in the mouth (usu. neg. 通常作否定) find fault with what has been given 受礼而加挑剔 [Middle English from Old Norse gipt from Germanic, related to GIVE] |