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- a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present赠品; 礼物：
a Christmas gift
圣诞礼物
as modifier a gift shop.礼品店。
1.1
- an act of giving something as a present赠送; 送礼：
his mother's gift of a pen.
他妈妈送的礼物笔。
1.2
- informal a very easy task or unmissable opportunity〈非正式〉非常容易完成的任务; 绝对不会错失的机会：
that goal was an absolute gift.
那个进球纯属奉送。
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- a natural ability or talent天赋; 才能：
he has a gift for comedy.
他具有喜剧天赋。
with obj.
1- give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest（尤指正式）捐赠, 遗赠; 把…作为礼物赠送：
the company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity.
该公司将 2,999 股股份赠给了一个慈善团体。
1.1
- present (someone) with a gift or gifts向（某人）赠送（礼物）：
the queen gifted him with a heart-shaped brooch.
王后送给他一个心形胸针。
1.2
- informal inadvertently allow (an opponent) to have something〈非正式〉（无意中）让（对手）获得：
with two objs the goalkeeper gifted Liverpool their last-minute winner.守门员在最后一分钟让利物浦队进球获胜。
1.3
gift someone with
endow with (something)赋予：man is gifted with a moral sense.
人类被赋予了道德观。
短语
the gift of the gab
- 见GAB.
the gift of tongues
- 见TONGUE.
in the gift of
- (of a Church living or official appointment) in the power of someone to award（教士俸金或官职）（某人）有权授予：
nine seats in parliament were now in his gift.
议会中的九个席位他有授予权。
don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- proverb don't find fault with something that you have discovered or been given〈谚〉不对发现（或获赠）的东西吹毛求疵。
- ORIGIN: earlier as look a given horse in the mouth.
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse gipt; related to GIVE.