now 音标拼音: [n'ɑʊ]
ad . 现在,刚才,目前
n . 现在
a . 现在的
conj . 由于
现在,刚才,目前现在现在的由於
now adv 1 :
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 "
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
nowadays }, {
now },
{
today }]
3 :
used to preface a command or reproof or request ; "
now hear this !"; "
now pay attention "
4 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
now }, {
at present }]
5 :
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 !" [
synonym : {
immediately },
{
instantly }, {
straightaway }, {
straight off }, {
directly },
{
now }, {
right away }, {
at once }, {
forthwith }, {
like a shot }]
6 : (
prefatory or transitional )
indicates a change of subject or activity ; "
Now the next problem is ..."
7 :
in the immediate past ; "
told me just now "
n 1 :
the momentary present ; "
Now is a good time to do it "; "
it worked up to right now "
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Now \ (
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adv . [
OE .
nou ,
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AS .
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nu ;
akin to D .,
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OHG .
nu ,
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nu ,
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Icel .,
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Dan .,
Sw ., &
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nu ,
L .
nunc ,
Gr .
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Skr .
nu ,
n [=
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root ]
193 .
Cf .
{
New }.]
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1 .
At the present time ;
at this moment ;
at the time of speaking ;
instantly ;
as ,
I will write now .
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I have a patient now living ,
at an advanced age ,
who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago .
--
Arbuthnot .
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2 .
Very lately ;
not long ago .
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They that but now ,
for honor and for plate ,
Made the sea blush with blood ,
resign their hate .
--
Waller .
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3 .
At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated ;
at a particular time referred to .
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The ship was now in the midst of the sea . --
Matt .
xiv .
24 .
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4 .
In present circumstances ;
things being as they are ; --
hence ,
used as a connective particle ,
to introduce an inference or an explanation .
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How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? --
L '
Estrange .
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Why should he live ,
now nature bankrupt is ? --
Shak .
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Then cried they all again ,
saying ,
Not this man ,
but Barabbas .
Now ,
Barabbas was a robber . --
John xviii .
40 .
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The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is ,
by their being misrepresented .
Now ,
by calling evil good ,
a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander . --
South .
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{
Now and again },
now and then ;
occasionally .
{
Now and now },
again and again ;
repeatedly . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
{
Now and then },
at one time and another ;
indefinitely ;
occasionally ;
not often ;
at intervals . "
A mead here ,
there a heath ,
and now and then a wood ." --
Drayton .
{
Now now },
at this very instant ;
precisely now . [
Obs .] "
Why ,
even now now ,
at holding up of this finger ,
and before the turning down of this ." --
J .
Webster (
1607 ).
{
Now . . .
now },
alternately ;
at one time . . .
at another time . "
Now high ,
now low ,
now master up ,
now miss ."
--
Pope .
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Now \
Now \,
a .
Existing at the present time ;
present . [
R .] "
Our now happiness ." --
Glanvill .
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Now \
Now \,
n .
The present time or moment ;
the present .
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Nothing is there to come ,
and nothing past ;
But an eternal now does ever last . --
Cowley .
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124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
now ":
a la mode ,
advanced ,
all at once ,
all together ,
as ,
as long as ,
as of now ,
as things are ,
at a blow ,
at a stroke ,
at once ,
at one blow ,
at one jump ,
at one stroke ,
at one swoop ,
at one time ,
at present ,
at this juncture ,
at this moment ,
at this point ,
at this time ,
avant -
garde ,
away ,
but now ,
cause ,
considering ,
contemporaneity ,
contemporaneousness ,
contemporary ,
directly ,
even now ,
far out ,
fashionable ,
for ,
for the nonce ,
for this occasion ,
forthwith ,
forward -
looking ,
here ,
here and now ,
hereat ,
hic et nunc ,
historical present ,
immediately ,
in ,
in a hurry ,
in our time ,
in these days ,
inasmuch as ,
instanter ,
instantly ,
just now ,
lately ,
latterly ,
mod ,
modern ,
modernistic ,
modernity ,
modernized ,
modish ,
newfashioned ,
newness ,
not long ago ,
nowadays ,
nowness ,
of late ,
on the spot ,
only yesterday ,
our times ,
per saltum ,
present ,
present tense ,
present -
day ,
present -
time ,
presently ,
presentness ,
progressive ,
pronto ,
recently ,
right away ,
right now ,
right off ,
seeing ,
simultaneously ,
since ,
straightaway ,
straightway ,
streamlined ,
subito ,
the Now Generation ,
the nonce ,
the now ,
the other day ,
the present ,
the present age ,
the present day ,
the present hour ,
the present juncture ,
the present time ,
the time being ,
the times ,
then and there ,
these days ,
this day ,
this hour ,
this instant ,
this minute ,
this moment ,
this night ,
this point ,
this stage ,
this very minute ,
today ,
tonight ,
twentieth -
century ,
ultra -
ultra ,
ultramodern ,
uno saltu ,
up -
to -
date ,
up -
to -
datish ,
up -
to -
the -
minute ,
way out ,
whereas ,
without delay
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