in the present of
[英][in ðə ˈprezənt ɔv][美][ɪn ði ˈprɛznt ʌv]
在…面前;
例句:
1.
In principle the salt can be removed to increase the supply of fresh water, butat present desalination is expensive and uses lots of energy. Although costshave come down, no one expects it to provide wide-scale irrigation soon.
原则上可以除去海水中的盐分以增加淡水的供应，但尽管目前海水净化的总成本比起过去已有所下降，其费用依旧不菲而且需要大量能耗，没有人指望很快就能依赖脱盐水去进行大规模的灌溉。
2.
A state-owned mining enterprise should, in transferring the mining right,present the approval document of the competent department concerned onconsenting to the transfer of the mining right.
国有矿山企业转让采矿权时，还应当提交有关主管部门同意转让采矿权的批准文件。