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

• 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。
• Nowadays the bride almost always wears white, no matter how many times she has been down the aisle.
  现今当新娘的差不多总是身披洁白的婚纱，不管她已经当过多少次新娘。
• Nowadays people get about much more than they used to.
  现在人们外出旅行比过去多得多了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• People live longer nowadays, and they are better educated
  当今，人们越来越长寿，受教育程度也提高了。