单词 | now |
释义 | now I. 1. a. < he is busy now > < is now abroad > < is now writing a new play > < he teaches now > b. < was here just now > < we were thinking of you just now > c. < steps to correct this weakness must be taken now > < must write now or it will be too late > 2. — used with the sense of present time weakened or lost to express command, request, or admonition < now hear this > < now be a good boy and do as I tell you > < now don't get me angry > 3. — used with the sense of present time weakened or lost to introduce an important point or indicate a transition from one idea to another < now, this central cord is present in all the vertebrate animals we have so far mentioned — W.E.Swinton > < now this point of view … seems to me absolutely unhistorical — Edmund Wilson > 4. < full of pathos and humor, now gay, now sad — H.H.Reichard > < the foothills roll along on either side, now bare and now wooded — American Guide Series: Vermont > 5. < after his quick victory over his last opponent, he is now favored to defeat the champion > < since my plan has failed, we must now try his > 6. < the people now proceeded to give him almost every important honor within their gift — E.M.Coulter > < now the ore is loaded in chutes from towering trestled docks — Meridel Le Sueur > 7. < spurned as the lowest form of wit for several centuries now — Esther K. Sheldon > < a good many years ago now, when I was a soldier — John Connell > II. < now he is better, he can return to school > — often followed by that < now that I have seen her, I can understand your feeling for her > III. < the now is that which limits and determines the before and after of time — W.A.Gerhard > < about three times as large as any dining alcove of now — Sylvia T. Warner > IV. 1. < was working for the now judge — Time > 2. < the now point of view > |
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