6PHRASE [make inflects]引起注意;使得到關注 If you make your presence felt, you do something which makes people notice you or pay attention to you. 引起注意;使得到關注
Rather than politely lobbying politicians, Gay Dignity will be making its presence felt through demonstrations.
“同性戀尊嚴”遊行活動不會彬彬有禮地向政客們遊說,而會通過示威引起關注。
7PHRASE 當着…的面;在…面前 If you are in someone's presence, you are in the same place as that person, and are close enough to them to be seen or heard. 當着…的面;在…面前
The talks took place in the presence of a diplomatic observer.
會談是在一位外交觀察員在場的情況下進行的。
8PHRASE [usually PHRASE after verb]鎮定自若;沉着冷靜 If you say that someone had the presence of mind to do something, you approve of them because they were able to think and act calmly in a difficult situation. 鎮定自若;沉着冷靜 [approval]
He had the presence of mind to put his emergency oxygen tube in his mouth.