now是什么意思_now怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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 these times;"it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"
"we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"
"today almost every home has television"

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"

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening;"he answered immediately"
"found an answer straightaway"
"an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"
"Come here now!"

(prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity;"Now the next problem is..."

in the immediate past;"told me just now"

中英词源

now 现在

来自古英语nu,现在，可能原义为新的，词源同new.

nowadays 现今

即现在的日子，现今。wWW.wENtiyi.cOM

now: now: [OE] Now is the English member of a widespread family of words denoting ‘present time’ that are traceable back to Indo-European *nu- or *nū- (a relative of the ancestor of new). Others include Greek nun, Latin nunc, Sanskrit nū, Czech nyní, and, among the Germanic languages, German nun and Dutch, Swedish, and Danish nu. (French maintenant ‘now’, incidentally, originally meant literally ‘holding in the hand’, and developed its present sense via ‘at hand’ and ‘soon’.)
now (adv.): Old English nu "now, at present, immediately; now that," also used as an interjection and as an introductory word; common Germanic (Old Norse nu, Dutch nu, Old Frisian nu, German nun, Gothic nu "now"), from PIE *nu "now" (cognates: Sanskrit and Avestan nu, Old Persian nuram, Hittite nuwa, Greek nu, nun, Latin nunc, Old Church Slavonic nyne, Lithuanian nu, Old Irish nu-). Perhaps originally "newly, recently," and related to the root of new.

Often merely emphatic; non-temporal usage (as in Now, then) was in Old English. The adjective meaning "up to date" first recorded 1967, but the word was used also as an adjective in Middle English with the sense "current" from late 14c. Now and then "occasionally" is from 1530s; now or never attested from 1550s.

词态变化

权威造句

1. Husband and wife are now taxed separately on their incomes.: 现在夫妻双方分别按各自的收入纳税。

2. A journalist all his life, he"s now brought out a book.: 他当了一辈子新闻记者，如今已出了一本书。

3. He will now face a disciplinary hearing for having an affair.: 他因有外遇而要面临纪律听证会的裁决。

4. The crowds had been soaked and were now nicely drying out.: 这群人都浑身湿透，现在谢天谢地快晾干了。

5. Shirley"s brother is now a consultant heart surgeon in Sweden.: 雪利的兄弟现在在瑞典做心脏外科高级顾问医师。

近反义词

now then 喂喂(留心

now and then 时而

just now 刚才

now and again 时而

now that 既然

even now 即使现在

now account 可转让提款指令帐户...

here and now 此时此刻

but now 刚刚

for now 目前

every now and then 时而

Now for it! now or never！

How now? 这是什么意思?...

now or never 立刻, 马上行动起来...

Now what? "出什么问题了?"...

now 现在

Ta Ta For Now =TTFN【电脑】在...

by now 到如今

until now 迄今

till now 迄今

相似短语

then as now 过去和现在一样,一贯

Now for it! 干起来吧!开始吧!

now then 喂!瞧!看啊!得啦!

On now 至今

and now 那么

for now 现在,此时,眼下,暂时

but now 刚刚,适才

by now 这时,到此刻为止

to now prep.迄今

now and then ph.有时，不时，偶尔

单词分析

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