at present 等於 now,其中present 是名詞,現在的意思,在現在,目前。
at the present 不能單獨使用,present 是形容詞,意思是當下的,現在的。後面一般跟 time、moment 一類名詞,表示當前、現在、此時此刻等意思。
例如:At present,China is known as a great country。 = At the present time,China is known as a great country。
不一樣,具體的不同如下
at present中文意思是目前,現在
I pushed the problem aside; at present it was insoluble。我把這個問題放到了一邊;目前它是無法解決的。
at the present中文意思是目前;當前
In some agricultural colleges at the present time, young men have to do a year‘s work on a farm before their theoretical training at college。