Present and gift都是禮物,gift和present有什么區(qū)別 ，下面我們就來(lái)說一說關(guān)于近義詞辨析英語(yǔ)怎么說?我們一起去了解并探討一下這個(gè)問題吧!

近義詞辨析英語(yǔ)怎么說

Present and gift

都是禮物,gift和present有什么區(qū)別

今天我們一起學(xué)習(xí)下gift和present的區(qū)別吧~

The words come to us from different language families.Gift comes from the old Germanic root for “to give." It referred to an act of giving, and then, to the thing being given. In Old English it meant the dowry given to a bride’s parents.Present comes from the French for"to present." A present is the thing presented or best owed. They were both in use for the idea of something under going a transfer of possession without expectation of payment from the13th century onward.

Gift和present來(lái)源于不同語(yǔ)系。Gift來(lái)自古日耳曼語(yǔ)，是“給予”的意思。原來(lái)指代“給”這個(gè)行為，后來(lái)就演變?yōu)椤八o的東西”。在古英語(yǔ)中，Gift指的是給新娘父母的彩禮。而present來(lái)源于法語(yǔ)，意思是“遞交、獻(xiàn)上、贈(zèng)送”的意思。A present就是所贈(zèng)送或授予的東西。從13世紀(jì)開始，這兩個(gè)詞都表示的是，在不要求付款的前提下，一件東西的所有權(quán)發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)移。

The words gift and present are well matched synonyms that mean essentially the same thing, but even well-matched synonyms（n. 同義詞( synonym的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )） have their own connotations （n. 含義( connotation的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；隱含意義；言外之意；內(nèi)含）and distinctive（adj. 獨(dú)特的，特別的，有特色的） patterns of use.

在如今，gift和present是近義詞，本質(zhì)上表達(dá)的都是同一個(gè)東西，但是即使意思再相近的近義詞，還是會(huì)有不同的詞義和用法。

Gift applies to a wider range of situations.Gifts can be talents.You can have the gift of gab, ora musical gift. Gifts can be intangibles.There is the gift of understanding or the gift of a quiet day.

Gift的用法更廣泛，它可以指天賦，比如說你生下來(lái)就能說會(huì)道（have the gift of gab），或者有音樂天賦（musical gift）。Gift可以指代無(wú)形的事物，比方說你的理解能力很好（gift of understanding），或者能夠度過平靜美好的一天，真是上天的恩賜啊（gift of a quiet day）。

We generally don’t use present for things like this.Presents are more concrete.If your whole family gave donations to your college fund for your birthday would you say “I got lots of presents”? It doesn’t sound wrong, but since you never hold these donations in your hand, gifts seem to fit better.

Present通常不這么用。Present所表達(dá)的意思更具化。假如在你生日的時(shí)候，你們?nèi)页鲥X承擔(dān)你的大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)，這個(gè)時(shí)候你會(huì)說“我收到了好多present”嗎？聽起來(lái)也沒什么問題，但既然這些“禮物”不是切切實(shí)實(shí)拿在手里的，用gift就更合適一點(diǎn)。

Gift can also be an attributive noun, acting like an adjective to modify another nou. What do you call the type of shop where you can buy presents for people? A gift shop.What do you call the basket of presents that you can have sent to all your employees?A gift basket.Present doesn’t work well in this role of describing other nouns.We have gift boxes, gift cards, and gift wrap, not present boxes, present cards, and present wrap.

Gift還可以作定語(yǔ)名詞，去修飾另一個(gè)名詞。你會(huì)把禮品店稱作什么？A gift shop。給員工裝禮物的籃子叫什么呢？A gift basket。Present則不可以這樣去修飾另一個(gè)名詞。我們經(jīng)常說的gift boxes（禮品盒），giftcards（禮品卡），和gift wrap（禮品包裝），但是不能把它們說成present boxes，present cards，和present wrap。

Gift appears to be more frequent than present. The plural noun presents capturesonly the word we want. Gifts out numbers presents by four to one.

Gift的使用比present要頻繁，present的復(fù)數(shù)形式presents就只有禮物的意思。美國(guó)當(dāng)代英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)料庫(kù)對(duì)此的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，gift的使用頻率遠(yuǎn)超present，比例達(dá)4:1。

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