now

[nau] 1. adv

1) (at the present time) 现在 [xiànzài]

It is now just after one o'clock. — 现在刚过1点钟。

I'm going home now. — 我要回家了。

2) (these days) 如今 [rújīn]

Most schoolchildren now own calculators. — 如今大多数学童都有计算器。

3) (under the circumstances) 看来 [kànlái]

I was hoping to go tomorrow. That won't be possible now. — 我本来想明天走。看来这不可能了。

4) (specifying length of time) 到现在为止 [dào xiànzài wéizhǐ]

They've been married now for 30 years. — 到现在为止，他们已经结婚30年了。

5) (introducing new information) 喂 [wèi]

Now, I hadn't told him this, so he must have found out for himself. — 喂，这件事我没告诉他，他一定是自己发现的。

2. conj

* now (that) — 既然 [jìrán]

Now that he's feeling better, he can go back to work. — 既然他感觉好些了，就可以去上班了。

* right now — 这时

What if a shark came along right now? — 这时，如果来了鲨鱼该怎么办呢？

* by now — 到现在

He should be here by now. — 他现在应该到了。

By now he'll be home and in bed. — 现在，他一定到了家，上床休息了。

* just now — (at the moment) 眼下

I'm pretty busy just now. — 眼下我很忙。

* (every) now and then or again — 时而

* from now on — 从现在起

* in 3 days from now — 从现在起3天后

* between now and Monday — 从现在到星期一

* that's all for now — 就到这里

* any day/moment/time now — 不日/随时/任何时候

* now then — 喂(以引起注意)