That compliment certainly comes preciously more than the present.

那份心意必定比礼物来得珍贵。

The past could never be a stronger pool on us than the present.

过去的永远不可能比我们目前的更强。

Rather than the past or the present, deliberative rhetoric focuses on the future.

审议修辞既不关注过去，也不着眼现状，而是专注于未来。

Investors and other use groups would find this type of report far more useful than the present one.

投资者和其他的使用群体将发现，和现有的相比，这样的报告实用很多。

We see that we can take our fates in our hands and create a future for humanity that will be better than the past, or the present.

我们坚信，命运掌握在人类自己手中；我们坚信，人类能创造一个比过去、现在都更加美好的未来。

Cut out a piece of leftover wrapping paper bigger than the present shape. Fold the paper over the card and secure at the back with tape.

剪出比硬纸板稍大的剩余包装纸。用包装纸覆盖卡片，在背面用胶带固定。

He finds politics a dirty game, and only enters them reluctantly because he knows that at the very least he and his friends are better than the present gang.

他发现政治是一种肮脏的把戏, 所以只是出于不得已才参与政治,这是因为他知道,最起码他和自己的朋友们比这帮人要强得多.

He finds politics a dirty game， and only enters them reluctantly because he knows that at the very least he and his friends are better than the present gang.

他发现政治是一种肮脏的把戏，所以只是出于不得已才参与政治，这是因为他知道，最起码他和自己的朋友们比这帮人要强得多。

If that word is ever to be spoken there never was a more appropriate occasion than the present, and we trust that it will be spoken while there is yet time.

下定这个决心，现在就是最合适的时机，我们还有时间这样做。

Article 2 The present Provisions shall be applicable to the civil servants on the posts lower than the division director or on any other non-leading posts at the corresponding level.

第二条本规定适用于各级机关录用担任主任科员以下及其他相当职务层次的非领导职务公务员。