now可用作副词,表示现在,马上,此刻。用作名词时,有现在,此刻的意思;用作形容词时有现在的,目前的等含义。
一.now用作副词,表示现在,马上,此刻。
You've got to ask him.It's now or never.
你得去问他,机会难得。
Until now she has never been to see a doctor.
到目前为止她还没有去看过医生。
二.now用作名词,表示现在,目前。
The boss is being in royal spirits right now.
此刻,老板情绪极好。
Now he slept quietly with his fathers.
此刻他安静地躺在祖坟中。
三.now用作形容词,表示现在的,当今的。
She had now a life filled also with a beneficent activity.
她目前的生活里善行颇多。
Now, a living language has been found that can play the same intermediary role more successfully.
最近,已找到了一种现存的语言,它能更有效地起到中间媒介的作用。
四.now在句中除作状语外,还可作主语、表语或介词宾语。
1.mean to do和doing的区别 mean有哪些用法