nowadays

英 [ˈnaʊədeɪz]

美 [ˈnaʊədeɪz]

adv.  现今; 现在; 目前

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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

• 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。
• Gaelic has been a dying language for many years, though children are nowadays taught it in school
  盖尔语多年来一直濒于消亡，尽管如今孩子们还在学校学习这门语言。
• 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。
• Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.
  如今，减轻背部疼痛可以有许多方法。
• 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。
• Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions.
  现在连偏僻的山区也用上了拖拉机。
• Things seem to be going from bad to worse nowadays.
  情况似乎越来越糟了。
• We have to cut our coat according to our cloth. Nowadays there's no margin at all.
  如今都是可着头做帽子，一点富余也不能的。
• Nowadays, such experts are as rare as morning stars.
  如今这样的专家寥若晨星。
• I think it's very rare to have big families nowadays.
  我想，如今大家庭已经很少见了。