at present
目前,現在,如今
Pres·ent, n.
1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
Past and present, wound in one. --Tennyson.
2. pl. Law Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, “ Know all men by these presents,” that is, by the writing itself, “ per has literas praesentes; ” -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
3. Gram. A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
At present, at the present time; now.
For the present, for the tine being; temporarily.
In present, at once, without delay. [Obs.] “With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death.” --Milton.
at present
adv : at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging
dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at
present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time
now" [syn: now]