NOW = National Organization for Women 全国妇女组织。 adv. 1.〔现在〕(a)现在,此刻,目前。 The bell is now ringing. 钟现在正在响。 (b)现在(已经);按此刻情形。 It is now over. 已经完了。 2.〔未来〕立刻,即刻,马上。 Do it now. 马上做吧。 I can come now. 我马上可以来。 3.〔过去〕(a)刚才,方才。 ★现在只用 just now 和〔诗〕 even now. (b)(叙述中的)现在,那时,当时;接着,于是,然后;那时已经。 Hannibal was now crossing the Alps. 汉尼拔那时正在翻越阿尔卑斯山。 4.〔无时间观念,表示说话者的语气,用于命令、请求、说明、警告、责骂、安慰等句中〕原来,那么;喂;嗳呀,哟。
短语和例子
N- what do you mean by it? 你这究竟是什么意思呢? N- tell me. 那么告诉我吧。 N- Barabbas was a robber. 却说巴拉巴斯原是个贼。 You don't mean it, now. 你这话不会是当真的吧。 ★本义的 now 多用于句首,且多用逗号。 but [even] now 〔古语〕=just now. (every) now and then [again] 时常,时而,不时。 just now 方才,刚才;现在,眼下。 now ... now [then] =... and again 时而…时而… (now hot, now cold 忽热忽冷)。 now now= now then 1. 〔口语〕好啦! 行啦!就这么样! 2. 赶快,来吧! 3. 喂喂,得啦〔有时是友好的抗议或是警告〕 (N-now, a little less noise, please! 喂喂,请安静一点。 N- then, none of your nonsense! 得啦,别说废话吧!)。 N- or never! 机不可失,时不再来;此时不干,更待何时? Oh, come now! 嗨,得啦! Really now! = N- Really! 嗳呀!真的吗!不会吧!这倒吓了一跳!
既,既然,由于。 N- you mention it, I do remember. 经你这样一提,我就记起来了。 N- (that) the weather is warmer, we can go outdoors. 天气既然暖和得多,我们可以到户外去了。 Well, now ! 〔口语〕唷! 喂!呵!哟,好吧! n. 〔主要用于前置词后〕此刻,目前,现在。 by now 此刻已经。 from now (on, forward, 等)从现在起,今后。 till [up to] now 迄今,到现在为止。 adj. 现在的,当今的;现任的;十分时髦的,领先于潮流的,属于新一代的。 -ness 现在性。
the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"
in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" 同义词:nowadays, today, nowadays, today,
used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" 同义词:at present, at present,
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
in the immediate past; "told me just now"
(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."
in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" 同义词:nowadays, today, nowadays, today,
used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" 同义词:at present, at present,
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
in the immediate past; "told me just now"
(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."
百科解释
Now usually refers to the present time.
详细百科解释
其他语种释义
nowとは意味:1now n. 今; 当時, その時. 【前置詞+】 ◆About now he must be arriving in New York. 今ごろはニューヨークに到着しているはずだ ◆I have heard that before now. そのことは前に聞いたことがある ◆It must have been returned to the owner by now. それはもう持ち主へ返され...