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🔑nownow /naʊ / adverb , conjunction - (at) the present time现在；目前；此刻◆Where are you living now?你现在住什么地方？◆It's too late now to do anything about it.这事现在做什么都太晚了。◆From now on, the nights will be getting longer.从现在起，夜晚将越来越长。◆I've been living with my parents until now.我和父母一直一起生活到现在。◆Up to now, we haven't been able to afford a house of our own.到目前为止，我们还买不起自己的房子。◆He should be on his way home by now.他现在应该已经在回家的路上了。
- used to introduce or emphasize what you are saying, or while pausing to think（用以引出或强调自己的话，或表示停下来思考）◆Now, this is how it all began.听好了，这一切是这样开始的。◆Now listen to what he's saying.嗨，听听他在讲什么。◆Now, let me think.嗯，让我想想。
- because of what has happened由于；因此◆I lost my pen. Now I'll have to buy a new one.我的钢笔丢了，所以得买支新的。◆Now (that) the kids have left home, we can move to a smaller house.既然孩子们都离开家了，我们可以搬到一个小点的房子里去。
 ●now and again / then●(every) now and thenoccasionally时而；偶尔；有时◆We see each other now and then, but not very often.我们俩偶尔见一面，但不是很经常。●just nowa very short time ago刚刚；刚才◆There was a call for you just now.刚才有你的电话。◆We are just now starting to realize (= since a very short time ago) how serious the situation is.我们刚刚开始意识到情况有多严重。●right now- at this moment; exactly now现在；此刻◆We can't discuss this right now.我们现在不能讨论这事。
- at the present time (when compared with the past or the future)现在（相对于过去和将来）◆Interest rates are relatively low right now.利率现在相对较低。
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