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

• Nowadays, only the two big houses remain roofed.
  现在，只有那两座大房子还有屋顶。
• 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。
• 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 there are fewer extrinsic pressures to get married.
  现在来自外部的结婚压力少了。
• 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, 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, such experts are as rare as morning stars.
  如今这样的专家寥若晨星。
• 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。
• We are too busy to entertain much nowadays.
  现今我们忙得都不能经常请客了。
• Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions.
  现在连偏僻的山区也用上了拖拉机。