(1)礼物，赠品(present)[C]：a kind/generous/small～一件友爱/慷慨/小的礼物;a birthday/Christmas/wedding～一件生日/圣诞节/结婚礼物;make sb a～of chocolates/flowers/silver cutlery 送给某人巧克力/花/银制餐具作为礼物;make a yearly～to charity/the poor/the British Heart Foundation 向慈善事业/穷人/英国心脏病基金会作每年一次的捐赠;give/make～s of money to the university 向大学捐赠钱;receive a～from the public 从公众那里收到一笔捐赠;the～from a school fellow 一位学友的礼物;a～shop礼品商店;～vouchers/coupons 礼券;～box/pack/token礼品盒/包/赠券;〖同〗present;

(2)天赋(才)(natural ability to do sth)[C][N (for)]：have a real (no)～for foreign languages/art/music 有真正的(没有)外语/艺术/音乐天赋;have a natural (the)～for making people feel at home/learning languages/writing poetry 有一种天生的(那种)使客人感到不拘束/学语言/写诗的天才;have a～for saying the wrong thing/annoying people 有说错话/使人生气的本事;have many outstanding/real/remarkable～s 有许多出众/真正/不寻常的天才;a man of many/excellent～s 具有众多/杰出天赋的男人;sb's～s as a story-teller某人讲故事的天才;〖同〗 talent;

(3)1)便宜(廉价)货(sth obtained easily，or cheap at the price;bargain)[C，通常sing](infml)：At ￡2 it's a～!只用两镑就买到，简直是白送!2)易事(sth that is easily done)[C，通常sing](infml)(fig)：The examination paper was a real/an absolute/a complete～.试卷真/纯粹/完全是白给。a～question 容易回答的问题;

the gift of the gab 流利的口才，能说会道：Politicians need to have the～of the gab.政客需要流利的口才。

in the gift of sb 授(准)予：The two scholarships are in the～of the university. 这两种奖学金由大学授予。

→′gifted adj 有天才的，有天赋(才华)的;

【辨异】gift与 present² 均可表示汉语礼物之所指。二者常可互换，例如：a birthday present，a Christmas gift;但present不及 gift 更正式，因此更常用于表示一般价值的礼品，而gift 则可用来指价值高的礼品，例如：Each child brought a present to the teacher.(每个孩子都给老师带来了一件礼物。)The foundation made a gift of a million dollars to the university.(基金会向该大学捐款100万美元。)