presence 音标拼音: [pr'ɛzəns]
n . 出席,面前,存在,风度,态度
出席,面前,存在,风度,态度
presence n 1 :
the state of being present ;
current existence ; "
he tested for the presence of radon " [
ant : {
absence }]
2 :
the immediate proximity of someone or something ; "
she blushed in his presence "; "
he sensed the presence of danger "; "
he was well behaved in front of company " [
synonym : {
presence }, {
front }]
3 :
an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby 4 :
the impression that something is present ; "
he felt the presence of an evil force "
5 :
dignified manner or conduct [
synonym : {
bearing }, {
comportment },
{
presence }, {
mien }]
6 :
the act of being present [
ant : {
absence }]
Presence \
Pres "
ence \,
n . [
F .
pr ['
e ]
sence ,
L .
praesentia .
See {
Present }.]
1 .
The state of being present ,
or of being within sight or call ,
or at hand ; --
opposed to absence .
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2 .
The place in which one is present ;
the part of space within one '
s ken ,
call ,
influence ,
etc .;
neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse .
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Wrath shell be no more Thenceforth ,
but in thy presence joy entire .
--
Milton .
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3 .
Specifically ,
neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank ;
also ,
presence chamber .
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In such a presence here to plead my thoughts .
--
Shak .
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An '
t please your grace ,
the two great cardinals .
Wait in the presence . --
Shak .
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4 .
The whole of the personal qualities of an individual ;
person ;
personality ;
especially ,
the person of a superior ,
as a sovereign .
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The Sovran Presence thus replied . --
Milton .
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5 .
An assembly ,
especially of person of rank or nobility ;
noble company .
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Odmar ,
of all this presence does contain ,
Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair .
--
Dryden .
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6 .
Port ,
mien ;
air ;
personal appearence . "
Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect ." --
Bacon .
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A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance . --
Collier .
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{
Presence chamber },
or {
Presence room },
the room in which a great personage receives company . --
Addison . "
Chambers of presence ." --
Bacon .
{
Presence of mind },
that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert ,
prompt ,
and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will ,
enabling one to reach ,
as it were spontaneously or by intuition ,
just conclusions in sudden emergencies .
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179 Moby Thesaurus words for "
presence ":
Masan ,
action ,
actions ,
activity ,
acts ,
address ,
adjacency ,
affectation ,
air ,
alertness ,
aplomb ,
apparition ,
appearance ,
aspect ,
association ,
astral ,
astral spirit ,
attendance ,
aura ,
banshee ,
bearing ,
behavior ,
behavior pattern ,
behavioral norm ,
behavioral science ,
being ,
brow ,
calm ,
carriage ,
cast ,
cast of countenance ,
closeness ,
color ,
companionship ,
company ,
complexion ,
comportment ,
composure ,
conduct ,
confidence ,
control ,
cool ,
coolness ,
countenance ,
culture pattern ,
custom ,
demeanor ,
departed spirit ,
deportment ,
disembodied spirit ,
doing ,
doings ,
duppy ,
dybbuk ,
eidolon ,
ens ,
entity ,
equanimity ,
esse ,
essence ,
existence ,
face ,
facial appearance ,
false image ,
fantasy ,
favor ,
feature ,
features ,
figure ,
folkway ,
form ,
garb ,
gestures ,
ghost ,
goings -
on ,
grateful dead ,
guide ,
guise ,
hant ,
haunt ,
idolum ,
image ,
immateriality ,
imperturbability ,
incorporeal ,
incorporeal being ,
incorporeity ,
larva ,
lemures ,
level -
headedness ,
life ,
lineaments ,
lines ,
look ,
looks ,
maintien ,
manes ,
manifestation ,
manifestness ,
manner ,
manners ,
materiality ,
materialization ,
method ,
methodology ,
methods ,
mien ,
mirage ,
modus vivendi ,
motions ,
movements ,
moves ,
nearness ,
observable behavior ,
occurrence ,
oni ,
pattern ,
personality ,
phantasm ,
phantasma ,
phantasmagoria ,
phantom ,
phasm ,
phenomenon ,
phlegm ,
physiognomy ,
poise ,
poltergeist ,
port ,
pose ,
posture ,
practice ,
praxis ,
presence of mind ,
procedure ,
proceeding ,
propinquity ,
proximity ,
quick -
wittedness ,
revenant ,
sang -
froid ,
seeming ,
self -
assurance ,
self -
possession ,
set ,
shade ,
shadow ,
shape ,
shrouded spirit ,
social science ,
society ,
sophistication ,
specter ,
spectral ghost ,
spirit ,
spook ,
sprite ,
stance ,
style ,
subsistence ,
substantiality ,
tactics ,
theophany ,
tone ,
traits ,
turn ,
unsubstantiality ,
vicinity ,
visage ,
vision ,
waking dream ,
walking dead man ,
wandering soul ,
way ,
way of life ,
ways ,
wildest dream ,
wraith ,
zombie PRESENCE .
The existence of a person in a particular place .
2 .
In many contracts and judicial proceedings it is necessary that the parties should be present in order to reader them valid ;
for example ,
a party to a deed when it is executed by himself ,
must personally acknowledge it ,
when such acknowledgment is required by law ,
to give it its full force and effect ,
and his presence is indispensable ,
unless ,
indeed ,
another person represent him as his attorney ,
having authority from him for that purpose .
3 .
In the criminal law ,
presence is actual or constructive .
When a larceny is committed in a house by two men ,
united in the same design ,
and one of them goes into the house ,
arid commits the crime ,
while the other is on the outside watching to prevent a surprise ,
the former is actually ,
an the latter constructively ,
present .
4 .
It is a rule in the civil law ,
that he who is incapable of giving his consent to an act ,
is not to be considered present ,
although he be actually in the place ;
a lunatic ,
or a man sleeping ,
would not therefore be considered present .
Dig .
41 ,
2 ,
1 ,
3 .
And so ,
if insensible ;
1 Dougl .
241 ;
4 Bro .
P .
R .
71 ;
3 Russ .
441 ;
or if the act were done secretly so that he knew nothing of it .
1 P .
Wms .
740 .
5 .
The English statute of fraud ,
Sec .
5 ,
directs that all devises and bequests of any lands or tenements shall be attested or subscribed in the presence of said devisor .
Under this statute it has been decided that an actual presence is not indispensable ,
but that where there was a constructive presence it was sufficient ;
as ,
where the testatrix executed the will in her carriage standing in the street before the office of her solicitor ,
the witness retired into the office to attest it ,
and it being proved that the carriage was accidentally put back ,
so that she was in a situation to see the witness sign the will through the window of the office .
Bro .
Ch .
C .
98 ;
see 2 Curt .
R .
320 ;
2 Salk .
688 ;
3 Russ .
R .
441 ;
1 Maule &
Selw .
294 ;
2 Car .&
P .
491 2 Curt .
R .
331 .
Vide Constructive .
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