1、encounter

遇到，遭遇（问题、困难）

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

我们在每天的生活中会面临这样或那样的压力。

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

他们在波兰发现的环境问题是他们遇到过的最严重的。

偶遇;邂逅

Did you encounter anyone in the building?

你在大楼里遇到谁了么？

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

雷娜塔写信告诉他说她碰到了分离多年的父亲。

偶遇;邂逅;(重要的)相逢

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

作者讲述了和一群南越士兵的奇遇。

2、present

现在的；目前的

He has brought much of the present crisis on himself.

目前的大部分危机都是他自己引起的。

the government's present economic difficulties.

政府当前的经济难题

现在；目前；现状

his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.

他为协调过去和现在所付出的努力。

continuing right up to the present.

一直持续到现在