【now音标】 英[naʊ] 美[naʊ]
【单词释义】 now是什么意思：
adv.现在；目前；其时；立刻；（改变话题或要对方做某事前，引起对方注意）喂
adj.现在的；当今的；现任的
n.现在；目前；目前
conj.由于；既然
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【now形近词/近似词】
bow n.鞠躬；弓；蝴蝶结 v.鞠躬;点头;（使）弯曲
how adv.怎样,如何；多少，多么
sow v.播（种） n.母猪
mow v. 刈,割（草）；修剪 n. 修剪，割；干草（谷物）堆
vow n.誓言，诺言；誓约 v.起誓，发誓；起誓
cow n.奶牛，母牛
low adj.低的，矮小的 adv.低声地
row n.行，排；划船 vt.划船；使…成排
tow vt.拖，拉；牵引；拖带；拖行 n.拖，拉；牵引；牵引绳，拖链
【常用短语】
and now 那么；那么现在
by now 到目前为止；到如今
just now 刚才；眼下
now and then 不时地；常常
right now 就是现在，马上
up to now 至今;迄今;到目前为止
【单词例句】
◇ The wolf thought to himself, "Now that sweet young thing is a tasty bite for me. She will taste even better than the old woman. You must be sly, and you can catch them both."
狼在心中盘算着：“这小东西细皮嫩肉的，味道肯定比那老太婆要好。我要讲究一下策略，让她俩都逃不出我的手心。”
---- Little Red Cap
◇ "Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.
“一定有人要死了。”小姑娘想。因为她的老祖母——一个已故去的唯一疼爱她的人，曾经告诉过她，一旦天上落下一颗星，就有一个灵魂回到上帝那里去了。
◇ Down,down,down.'How far have I fallen now?'Alice said aloud to herself.'Perhaps I'm near the centre of the earth.Let me think…That's four thousand miles down.' (Alice was very good at her school lessons and could remember a lot of things like this.)
往下掉呀，掉呀，掉呀。爱丽丝自言自语：“现在我掉下来了多深？也许我快到地球中心了。让我想想……那是地下4000公里。”（爱丽丝功课不错，能记住好多这样的事。）
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ The flowers now appeared in their most gorgeous robes, but all in vain; they had not the fresh, fragrant air of youth.
现在花儿都穿上了她们最华丽的衣服，但是有甚么用呢——她们已经失去了那种新鲜的、喷香的青春味儿。
---- The Butterfly
◇ The little daughter that their mother, the queen, had given birth to was now grown up. She had a good heart, a beautiful face, and a golden star on her forehead.
王后生下的小姑娘现在也长大了。她心地善良，美丽可爱，额头上还有一颗金色的星星。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ I thought he could not get out of the water to come to me, and now here he is.
我以为它不可能从水中跑来找我，但是现在它已经来了。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Now it happened that on the day when she turned fifteen years of age the king and the queen were not at home, and the girl was all alone in the castle.
但恰恰在她十五岁的那一天，国王和王后都不在家，公主单独一个人被留在王宫里。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ With the expectation of distinguishing their own importance, some people leave the beaten track and file strange products with us now and then, for example, lantern that can be attached on your forehead, cubic walnuts, refrigerator made of straw and glue, perfume that nobody can bear to smell, and so on.
为了显示与众不同，时不时就有人违反常规，向我们提交一些奇怪的产品申请，例如固定在前额的信号灯、立方体的胡桃、用稻草和胶水制作的冰箱、没人能受得了的香水等。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ And, eager to become more professional, she concentrates on her job and updates herself now and then.
因为渴望做得更加专业，她全神贯注于工作，且时不时地就提升自身的业务水平。
◇ But what those gestures really mean is subjective in different cultures. Thus, misunderstandings happen now and then in today’s world of cultural crossroads.
但是在不同的文化中那些手势表达的真正意思是很主观的。由此，误会就时不时地发生在今天这个文化交叉碰撞的世界里。
---- A Misunderstanding