now/naʊ/

adv

1. 现在，目前

• Where are you going now? 你现在去哪儿？

• I can't tell you the answer right now. 我现在不能告诉你答案。

2. 此刻，马上

• I must go now. 我得马上走。

• The injured need blood transimission now. 伤者需要立刻输血。

3. 在当前的情况下；到现在

• I cannot now agree. 目前我不能同意。

• They've been married for 10 years now. 他们结婚至今有10年了。

• It's now 6 years since we first met each other. 我们初次相遇到现在已经6年了。

4. （在叙述中）然后，下面

• Caesar now marched south. 凯撒然后又向南挺进。

5. [表示命令、肯定、怀疑等]

• Now what do you mean by that? 你这是什么意思?

• Oh, come now! 嗨，快走吧!

词组just now

1. 刚才

• I saw him just now. 我刚才看见他。

2. 此刻，眼下

• I am busy just now. 我此刻正忙着。

now and then 有时，偶尔

• He meets his old girfriend now and then. 他时不时与过去的女友见面。

now, now [用于安慰或警告] 好啦，好啦 now...now (或then) 时而…时而… now or never 机不可失，时不可待 there now 瞧，怎么样