| 单词 | now |
| 释义 | now (once / 4 pages) 1advn 2adv 3adv Think of now as being the immediate present, the moment you are currently in. It’s part of the elusive concept of time, and each now, as it passes, becomes "then" even as it is replaced by a new now. If someone calls to ask you what you are doing and you reply that you've been waiting tables but you hope to be a movie star and in fact you've saved almost enough bus fare to make it to Hollywood . . . they might interrupt you to explain: "I mean what are you doing right now." In which case you might reply that you're cooking some noodles. If you do something "every now and then," you don't do it all the time but every once in a while. WORD FAMILYnow: nowness, nows USAGE EXAMPLESThe firm’s headquarters are now based in London’s Paddington district. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) For now, workers manicure the golf course’s empty greens. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Kalamazoo, Mich., now sends nurses into homes to combat the city’s high rate of infant mortality. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adv at the present moment goods now on sale the now-aging dictator they are now abroad it could happen any time now Syn at present 2adv without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening Come here now! Syn at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, right away, straight off, straightaway 3adv in the immediate past told me just now 4adv 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 5adv in these times we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets Syn nowadays, today 6n the momentary present 2Now is a good time to do it it worked up to right now Hyper nowadays, present the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech adv (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity 3Now the next problem is... adv used to preface a command or reproof or request now hear this! now pay attention |
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