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

• The term 'early retirement' is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.
  现在“提前退休”几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。
• Few people use writing brushes nowadays.
  如今很少有人用毛笔了。
• Nowadays there are fewer extrinsic pressures to get married.
  现在来自外部的结婚压力少了。
• 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。
• 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。
• We are too busy to entertain much nowadays.
  现今我们忙得都不能经常请客了。
• I think it's very rare to have big families nowadays.
  我想，如今大家庭已经很少见了。
• 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 girls pilot planes, too!
  现在姑娘家也会开飞机啦！
• 'They didn't fire you for drinking, did they?' — 'Lord, no! I only drink beer, nowadays.'
  “他们不是因为你喝酒而开除你的吧？”——“天哪，当然不是！我现在只喝啤酒了。”