1、encounter

遇到，遭遇（問題、困難）

Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another.

我們在每天的生活中會面臨這樣或那樣的壓力。

Environmental problems they found in Poland were among the worst they encountered.

他們在波蘭發現的環境問題是他們遇到過的最嚴重的。

偶遇;邂逅

Did you encounter anyone in the building?

你在大樓里遇到誰了么？

Renata wrote him that she had encountered her long-estranged father.

雷娜塔寫信告訴他說她碰到了分離多年的父親。

偶遇;邂逅;(重要的)相逢

The author tells of a remarkable encounter with a group of South Vietnamese soldiers.

作者講述了和一群南越士兵的奇遇。

2、present

現在的；目前的

He has brought much of the present crisis on himself.

目前的大部分危機都是他自己引起的。

the government's present economic difficulties.

政府當前的經濟難題

現在；目前；現狀

his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.

他為協調過去和現在所付出的努力。

continuing right up to the present.

一直持續到現在