| 词汇 | now |
| 释义 | now adverb uk /naʊ/ us /naʊ/ nowadverb (AT PRESENT)A1 at the present time, not in the past or future: 现在，此刻，目前 She used to be a teacher, but now she works in publishing.她过去曾是一名教师，但现在从事出版工作。 I may eat something later, but I'm not hungry now.我过一会儿可能会想吃点儿什么，可这会儿不饿。 Many people now own a smartphone.如今许多人都拥有智能手机。 A2 immediately: 立即，立刻，马上 I don't want to wait until tomorrow, I want it now!我不想等到明天，我现在就要！ without delay or waiting immediatelyPlease report to the office immediately. nowI need you to get me that report now. right nowYou put that back right now. right awayIf you're going to call the doctor, you'd better do it right away - the office is closing in two minutes. straight awayI called them back straight away. B2 used to express how long something has been happening, from when it began to the present time: 至今 She's been a vegetarian for ten years now.她吃素已经10年了。 used in stories or reports of past events to describe a new situation or event: （用于描述过去的新情况或新事件）此刻，这时候 It was getting dark now, and we were tired.这时候天越来越黑，我们疲惫不堪。 used when describing a situation that is the result of what someone just said or did: （用于描述刚刚所说或所做之事的结果）这样一来 Oh yes, now I know who you mean.哦，是的，这样一来我就知道你指的是谁了。 any minute/moment/second/time now B2 very soon: 不久，很快 The guests are coming any minute now, and the house is still a mess.我们的客人马上就要到了，可家里还是乱糟糟的。 now for ...informal used to introduce a new subject: （用于引出新话题）接着要谈 And now for what we're going to do tomorrow.现在我们来讨论一下明天要做什么。 Both her children are now married with children of their own.她的两个孩子都结了婚，有了自己的孩子。 After ten years of military dictatorship, the country now has a civil government.经历了10年军事专制统治后，该国现在有了一个文官政府。 The breathing problem has now been complicated by a chest infection.因为胸腔感染，他的呼吸问题变得更加严重了。 The college now has a counsellor to help students with both personal and work problems.大学里现在配备帮助学生处理个人及学习问题的辅导员。 His marks in English have been below average for some time now.最近一段时间他的英语成绩一直低于平均水平。 Now carpe diem contemporaneity contemporarily contemporary current currently hereon hereupon immediate in current use in this day and ageidiom minute present present-day presently sitting still the status quo there's no time like the presentidiom topical You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Until a particular moment Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings nowadverb (IN SPEECH)used in statements and questions to introduce or give emphasis to what you are saying: （用于陈述句和疑问句，引导后面的话或对其加以强调） Now, where did I put my hat?唉，我把我的帽子放哪儿了？ There was a knock at the door. Now Jan knew her mother had promised to come by, so she assumed it was her.有人敲门。简知道妈妈答应过要来，所以认为敲门的是她。 Hurry, now, or you'll miss the bus!快点，否则你就赶不上公共汽车了！ Sorry, I can't today. Now if you'd asked me yesterday, I would have said yes.抱歉，我今天不行。如果你昨天问我的话，我会说行的。 Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings and/orphrase anyhoo anyhow anyways concatenate conjunctive conjunctively ergo hereby I meanidiom less mean slash so the thing isidiom there therefore thing what with thatidiom GrammarNow for emphasis We sometimes use now to make a command or order stronger. We use it before or after imperative clauses: … Now (that) We can use now that as a conjunction to refer to something and its result(s): … Now We use now most commonly as an adverb of time. It means ‘at the present time’, ‘at this moment’ or ‘very soon’. We usually put now with this meaning in end position: … Now as an adverb of time We use now most commonly as an adverb of time. It means ‘at the present time’, ‘at this moment’ or ‘very soon’. We usually put now with this meaning in end position: … Now as a discourse marker We use now in speaking to signal something new, particularly when giving instructions or introducing a new idea or topic. We often use it with other similar markers such as right or OK: … Idiomsit's now or never (every) now and then/again now then now you're talking now, now now noun[ U ] uk /naʊ/ us /naʊ/ the present moment or time: 现在，此刻 Now isn't a good time to speak to him.现在不适合跟他谈话。 by nowI thought you'd be finished by now.我以为你这会儿该弄完了。 before nowYou should have mentioned it before now.你本该此前就提到它。 for nowThat's all for now (= until a future point in time).暂时就这样吧。 from now on(also UKas from now) from this moment and always in the future: 从现在开始 From now on the gates will be locked at midnight.从现在开始，大门将在午夜上锁。 Now would be a good time to prepare the lunch. Why didn't you tell me before now? I thought you'd have got over it by now. Now really isn't a good time to talk to her. Is now a convenient time to meet? Now carpe diem contemporaneity contemporarily contemporary current currently hereon hereupon immediate in current use in this day and ageidiom minute present present-day presently sitting still the status quo there's no time like the presentidiom topical now conjunction uk /naʊ/ us /naʊ/ now (that)... B2 used to give an explanation of a new situation: 既然，由于 Now I have my car, I don't get as much exercise as I used to.有车之后，我的活动量不如从前大了。 GrammarNow for emphasis We sometimes use now to make a command or order stronger. We use it before or after imperative clauses: … Now (that) We can use now that as a conjunction to refer to something and its result(s): … Now We use now most commonly as an adverb of time. It means ‘at the present time’, ‘at this moment’ or ‘very soon’. We usually put now with this meaning in end position: … Now as an adverb of time We use now most commonly as an adverb of time. It means ‘at the present time’, ‘at this moment’ or ‘very soon’. We usually put now with this meaning in end position: … Now as a discourse marker We use now in speaking to signal something new, particularly when giving instructions or introducing a new idea or topic. We often use it with other similar markers such as right or OK: … now adjective[ usually after noun ] uk /naʊ/ us /naʊ/ informal fashionable and popular at the present time: very nowPosh decorative glass is very now. Name changes are so now, with several stores keen to acquire a new image this way. We love the fresh (and very now) green-and-white colour combination. Cava is the new Chardonnay. Because bubbles are so now. The new movie Cinderella is set in the very now realm of LA's San Fernando Valley. Modern & fashionable ahead of timephrase be (all) the rageidiom be having a momentidiom funky futuristic futuristically get with the programmeidiom granola shabby chic sleekly sleekness smartly smartness the avant-garde ultra-sophisticated up to date up-to-the-minuteidiom way-out with it à la mode now | American Dictionarynow adverb[ not gradable ] us/nɑʊ/ nowadverb[not gradable] (AT PRESENT)at the present time rather than in the past or future, or immediately: She used to work in an office, but now she works at home. It’s now 7 o’clock, time to get up or you’ll be late for work. Just now means either a very short time ago or at the present time: I can’t stop to talk just now, but give me a call when you get home. nowadverb[not gradable] (IN SPEECH)used in statements and questions to introduce or give emphasis to what you are saying: Now where was I before you interrupted me? Idiom(every) now and then now noun[ U ] us/nɑʊ/ nownoun[U] (AT PRESENT)the present moment or time: That’s all for now (= until a future point in time). From now on (= Starting at this moment and continuing in the future), the front door will be locked at midnight. Examples of nownow Many of the topical treatments can now be prescribed by extended formulary nurse prescribers. Suppose now that there is an eigenvalue in the interval (0, b). We now show that this is 22) impossible. We can now proceed as in the case of the disc. We now suppress the invertibility assumption on f () and g (). Now we can proceed to show the following. Now we introduce the notion of a chain. We are now interested in the fundamental matrix of (11). The 7 eigenvalues are now those of m2consistent with equations (16). We are now ready to prove the following. We are now going to estimate the original integral (63). Now the result follows from a classical density argument. Now you can find all the perfect numbers less than 500. We can now use the above together with the definitions of and g to do the following calculation. The year 2001 may now also be such a candidate. See all examples of now These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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