單字講座 123：gifted (adj) / present (adj)

名詞 gift 和 present 都意指「禮物」，但是各自轉化成「形容詞」時，意思卻是大不相同喔。下方說分明。







▍gifted (adj) 有天份的 = talented
▶ 例 1：我好奇有天份的人類棋手是否總能在比賽中贏過 AI。
I wonder whether a gifted human chess player could always triumph over the game’s AI.

▍present (adj) 目前的 / 在場的
▶ 例 1：公司仍設法解決它目前的財務困境。
The company is still managing to tackle its present financial difficulty.

▶ 例 2：因為她很大嘴巴，所以她在場的時候，我們從不討論任何要事。
Because she had a big mouth, we never spoke of anything important while she was present.