now的详细用法小结

now的详细用法小结

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now用法

1 (at) the present time

Where are you living now?

Its been two weeks now since she called.

Its too late now.

From now on Ill be more careful.

Hell be home by now.

Ive lived at home up till now.

Thats all for now.

2 at or from this moment, but not before

Start writing now.

I am now ready to answer your questions.

3 (informal) used to show that you are annoyed about something

Now they want to tax food!

What do you want now?

Its broken. Now Ill have to get a new one.

4 used to get somebodys attention before changing the subject or asking them to do something

Now, listen to what shes saying.

Now, the next point is quite complex.

Now come and sit down.

Now le t me think…

IDIOMS

(every) now and again/then

from time to time; occasionally

Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.

now for somebody/something

used when turning to a fresh activity or subject

And now for some travel news.

now, now (also now then) used to show in a mild way that you do not approve of something

Now then, thats enough noise.

now… now…

at one time… at another time…

Her moods kept changing—now happy, now sad.

(its) now or never

this is the only opportunity somebody will have to do something

now then

1

= now, now

2 used when making a suggestion or an offer

Now then, who wants to come for a walk?

now what? (informal)

1 (also what is it now?) used when you are annoyed because somebody is always asking questions or interrupting you ‘Yes, but Dad…’ ‘Now what?’

2 used to say that you do not know what to do next in a particular situation

每日一句| now 和another 的用法

重点讲解

? Now

用于完成时使用时Now= up to now / so far,可表目前。可在表达中使用Now来表示一个从过去持续到现在的时间。

例句：到现在他们已经结婚30年了。

Theyve been married for 30 years now.

例句：到目前他们已经去过了50个国家。

They have been to 50 countries now.(已经去过：have been to ) 例句：到目前他们行驶了10万公里。

They have travelled over 100 thousand kilometers now(so far).

? Another

Another garage = one more garage (表示再，又)

another VS. the other：两者中另一个。

例句：你有两个苹果，吃了一个，接着吃了另一个。

I ate the other apple.

例句：你说，太好吃了，我想再来三个。

The apples taste great. I’d like to have another three apples/ three more apples.

例句：你朋友说：你胃口真好啊。

Wow, you have such a good appetite (胃口，食欲).

英语语法：短语so far，up to now的用法

近义短语的用法与区别

23. so far up to now迄今为止

异同之处：so far和upto now都可以表示“截止到现在”，通常跟现在完成时态连用。同义短语还有tillnow。

例1：So far, fast-food firms have cleverly avoided government regulation. (20XX年6月四级)

迄今为止，快餐公司已经巧妙地避开了政府的监管。