gift
noun uk/ɡɪft/ us/ɡɪft/
(PRESENT)
A2 [ C ]礼物;赠品
a present or something that is given
a birthday/wedding gift 生日／结婚礼物
The guests all arrived bearing (= bringing) gifts. 客人们都带着礼物到了。
Synonyms: offeringpresent (SOMETHING GIVEN)
[ C usually singular ] informal极容易完成的事；极便宜的东西
something that is surprisingly easy or cheap
That goal was a gift! 那个球进得不费吹灰之力！
£100 for a good leather coat? It's a gift! 100英镑就买了一件好皮衣？简直是白捡！
- More examples
- Thanks to a large gift from an anonymous donor, the charity was able to continue its work.
- Please indicate which free gift you would like to receive.
- My husband and myself were delighted with the gift.
- It was easy to see the gift as a sort of bribe.
- She's got a secret admirer who keeps sending her gifts.
(ABILITY)
C1 [ C usually singular ]天赋;才能
a special ability to do something
He has a gift for languages. 他有语言天赋。
Synonyms: aptitudeflairtalent (NATURAL ABILITY)
Idioms
a gift from the godsidiom 天赐之物（或人）；走运的机会；天上掉下的馅饼
an especially good or lucky thing or person that comes to you
the gift of the gabidiom UK informal (US the gift of gab) 能说会道;口才;辩才
the ability to speak easily and confidently in a way that makes people want to listen to you and believe you
She's got the gift of the gab - she should work in sales and marketing. 她能说会道——她应该去做销售和市场营销工作。
in sb's gift/in the gift of sbidiom UK formal（某人）可以决定把…送给谁
If something is in someone's gift, that person can decide who to give it to.
Appointments to these posts were in the gift of the monarch. 君主可以决定把谁任命到这些职位上。
gift
verb [ T ] uk/ɡɪft/ us/ɡɪft/
（正式）赠送
to give something in an official or formal way
The child's grandmother had gifted her £10,000. 孩子的祖母赠予她一万英镑。
让对手轻易地得分（取胜或成功）
to make it easy for an opponent to score, win, or be successful
She hit the ball into the net, almost gifting the set to her opponent. 她击球下网，几乎把这一盘拱手送给对手。