nowadays

英 [ˈnaʊədeɪz]

美 [ˈnaʊədeɪz]

adv.  现今; 现在; 目前

高考CET4CET6考研TOEFL

Collins.2 / BNC.4094 / COCA.6788

牛津词典

adv.

• 现今；现在；目前
  at the present time, in contrast with the past
  1. Nowadays most kids prefer watching TV to reading.
     现在大多数孩子都喜欢看电视而不喜欢读书。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 如今;现今
  Nowadaysmeans at the present time, in contrast with the past.
  1. Nowadays it's acceptable for women to be ambitious. But it wasn't then...
     如今，女性胸怀大志也能被接受，但那时候不是这样。
  2. I don't see much of Tony nowadays.
     我现在不经常见到托尼了。

双语例句

• We are too busy to entertain much nowadays.
  现今我们忙得都不能经常请客了。
• Nowadays, everyone in the city was very clothes-conscious and fashionable.
  现在城里人很讲究穿而且穿得很时髦。
• What perturbs me is that magazine articles are so much shorter nowadays.
  让我不安的是现在杂志文章都短多了。
• Nowadays, such experts are as rare as morning stars.
  如今这样的专家寥若晨星。
• Few people use writing brushes nowadays.
  如今很少有人用毛笔了。
• Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions.
  现在连偏僻的山区也用上了拖拉机。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.
  如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。
• I don't hold with the way they do things nowadays.
  我不赞成他们现在的办事方式。
• You need at least ten pounds if you go to the cinema nowadays — it's really bad.
  现在看场电影至少要花上10英镑——真是太贵了。
• I got a pink slip in my pay envelope nowadays.
  今天，我的薪水袋里加了一张解雇通知书。