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【释义】：

ad．❶ 现在，此刻，目前：He now lives in Shenyang．他现在住在沈阳．We must be off now．我们该走了．now and again(=now and then)1)时时刻刻，常常．2)有时候．now …then(=now … now)一会儿…一会儿…：He grew now pale，nowred．他脸上一阵白，一阵红．❷ (在故事中)那时，接著，于是：He was now twelve years old．那时他才十二岁．In 1934 the Red Army was now crossing the grassland．一九三四年那时红军正在过草地．Now we shall see what happens．接著我们就会知道发生什么事情．❸ (无时间观念，只用于表示感情或语气)那么，原来，喂，哟：Now tell me!那么告诉我吧!Now now，a little less noise，please!喂喂，请安静点!Now Comrade Wang was a doctor!原来王同志是个医生!come now(劝诱、鼓励用语)喂，请吧：Come now，tell me everything．喂，说吧，把一切都告诉我．❹ 立刻，马上：Do it now!马上就做!Now or never!机会难得!

－conj．既然，因为(=now that)：Now(that)you have come，we’ll have a meeting．你既然来了，我们就开个会．

－n．现在，如今：by now 此刻已经．from now on(or onwards)今后，此后．till(or up to) now 到现在为止，迄今．