(1)出席，在(到)场 (act or state of being present in a place) [U]： Your～is requested at the club/the shareholder's meeting on Thursday. 敬请光临星期四的俱乐部/股东会议。His～during the crisis had a calming effect. 危机时期他在场能起到安定人心的作用。My～in the room was not noticed. 没有人注意到我在房间里。be aware of sb's～注意到某人在场;Your～at the meeting will help our cause. 你出席我们的会议将有助于我们的事业。detect the～of explosives探查出爆炸物的存在;〖同〗attendance，existence; 〖反〗absence;

(2)外表，仪容，态(风)度 (personal appearance and manner， esp as it affects other people) [U， a～]： a man of noble/great/poor～仪态高贵/潇洒/卑俗的人;sb's stage～某人在舞台上的风度;The old duchess certainly has～. 老公爵夫人当然很有气派。〖同〗look，air，manner，expression;

(3)(似乎)存在于某处的人或物 (spirit or influence that is or seems to be present in a place) [C， 通常sing]： There's the～of something evil in that old house. 在那所老房子里有某种邪恶的东西存在。An intangible， mysterious～seemed to be creeping closer upon them. 一种不可捉摸的神秘精灵似乎正在向他们爬来。

(4)(在某处用于特殊目的的)一群人(如军队或警察) (number of eg soldiers or policemen in a place for a special purpose) [U， a～]： a massive police～at the meeting 在会议地点部署的大量警察;The United Nations maintains a military～in that area. 联合国在该地区驻有军队。

in the presence of sb/in sb's presence 当着某人的面，在某人面前： He signed his name in the～of two witnesses. 他当着两个证人的面签了名。

make one's presence felt 以自己的人格、能力等使自己受人注意： The new chief police officer quickly made his～felt， and there was much less crime in the town after his ideas were put into practice. 新警察局长很快受到瞩目，他的想法付诸实施后，城里的犯罪大为减少。

presence of mind 镇定，沉着： Thanks to his～of mind， the children were saved. 由于他的沉着冷静，那些孩子们才得救了。

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