| 释义 |
now/naʊ/ adv., conj. & n.●adv. 1 at the present or mentioned time 现在；如今 2 immediately 立即；马上 I must go now 我必须马上走 3 by this or that time 到现在；到那时 it was now clear 此刻已经很清楚了 4 under the present circumstances 在这种情况下；这样 I cannot now agree 这样一来，我不能同意 5 on this further occasion 这以后 what do you want now? 你现在还想要什么？ 6 in the immediate past 刚才 just now 刚才 7 (esp. in a narrative or discourse) then, next (尤在叙述或演讲中)然后；下一步 the police now arrived 这时候警察来了; now to consider the next point 现在开始考虑下一个要点 8 (without reference to time, giving various tones to a sentence) surely, I insist, I wonder, etc. (与时间无关，而是表示句子的不同语气)的确(我坚持、我想知道等) now what do you mean by that? 嗳，你这是什么意思？; oh come now! 哦，行了 ! ●conj. (often foll. by 常后跟 that + clause) as a consequence of the fact 既然；由于 now that I am older 既然我已经老了; now you mention it 由于你提起此事 ●n. this time; the present 现在；此刻 should be there by now 此刻应该到那里了; has happened before now 在这以前发生过 □ as of now from or at this time 此刻；眼下 □ for now until a later time 眼下；暂时 goodbye for now 后会有期 □ now and again (or then) from time to time; intermittently 时而；不时 □ now or never an expression of urgency 机不可失；莫失良机 [Old English nū] |