now

CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #55 ★★★★★

adv. 现在, 刚才, 目前 n. 现在 a. 现在的 conj. 由于

发音

US /naʊ/
UK /naʊ/
其它 /nɒ/
其它 /nuː/
IE /naʊ/

词形变化

nows 复数 nows now!

别名

nowe nao naow now now

教材释义与例句

名词

现在;目前

形容词

现在的

副词

现在;如今;立刻

You use now to refer to the present time, often in contrast to a time in the past or the future

连词

由于;既然

because of something or as a result of something

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The present time.

    不可数

    Now is the right time.

    There is no better time than now.

  2. 2.

    The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.

    不可数

    She is living in the now.

  3. 3.

    A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    Misspelling of know.

    I don't now.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Present; current.

    […] to my now wife Mabell, my child Elisabeth, & my child now begotten, &c., and they to be joint Exõrs, & if all die, then the same jointly to my brother William Every & my sisters Sarah Skibbowe & Joan Brice.

  2. 2.

    Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.

    非正式

    I think this band's sound is very now.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    At the present time.

    如今

    现在

    现今

    现时

    现下

    这阵

    这晚子

    而家

    依家

    这下

    今这下

    这马

    现此时

    这时

    这路尾

    这站

    这久

    现晡时

    迦今

    Now I am six.

    Stop that now, Jimmy!

    I could have been Secretary of State now if I hadn’t left politics five years ago.

    We can’t phone now – they will certainly have gone to bed.

  2. 2.

    Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.

    Now, we all want what is best for our children.

    Now, Jimmy, stop that.

  3. 3.

    Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.

    Now I am ready.

    We all now want the latest toys for our children.

    We all want what is now best for our children.

  4. 4.

    At the time reached within a narration.

    Now he remembered why he had come.

    He now asked her whether she had made pudding.

    The pudding was now ready to be served.

  5. 5.

    Used to indicate a context of urgency.

    Now listen, we must do something about this.

  6. 6.

    At the present point of a recurring cycle or event.

    非正式

    I always used to do my shopping now, to avoid the rush.

  7. 7.

    Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.

    废旧
  8. 8.

    Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before.

    Now, you want to protect me. An hour ago, you were mercilessly bullying me!

  9. 9.

    Sometimes; occasionally; used to list a series of often assumed states.

    His face fit his roles: now smiling, now earnest, now glowering, now raging.

conj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Since, because, in light of the fact.

    Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet.

    Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.

    We can play football now that the rain has stopped.

    Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.

    Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting.

interj.
  1. 1.

    Indicates a signal to begin.

    Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!

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词源

From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?"). Cognates Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish, Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nu, nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).

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