now的详细用法小结

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now用法

1 (at) the present time

Where are you living now?

It's been two weeks now since she called.

It's too late now.

From now on I'll be more careful.

He'll be home by now.

I've lived at home up till now.

That's all for now.

2 at or from this moment, but not before

Start writing now.

I am now ready to answer your questions.

3 (informal) used to show that you are annoyed about something

Now they want to tax food!

What do you want now?

It's broken. Now I'll have to get a new one.

4 used to get somebody's attention before changing the subject or asking them to do something

Now, listen to what she's saying.

Now, the next point is quite complex.

Now come and sit down.

Now let me think…

IDIOMS

(every) now and again/then

from time to time; occasionally

Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.

now for somebody/something

used when turning to a fresh activity or subject

And now for some travel news.

now, now (also now then) used to show in a mild way that you do not approve of something

Now then, that's enough noise.

now… now…

at one time… at another time…

Her moods kept changing—now happy, now sad.

(it's) now or never

this is the only opportunity somebody will have to do something

now then

1

= now, now

2 used when making a suggestion or an offer

Now then, who wants to come for a walk?

now what? (informal)

1 (also what is it now?) used when you are annoyed because somebody is always asking questions or interrupting you

‘Yes, but Dad…’ ‘Now what?’

2 used to say that you do not know what to do next in a particular situation

每日一句 | now 和 another 的用法

重点讲解

➤ Now

用于完成时使用时Now= up to now / so far,可表目前。可在表达中使用Now来表示一个从过去持续到现在的时间。

例句：到现在他们已经结婚30年了。

They've been married for 30 years now.

例句：到目前他们已经去过了50个国家。

They have been to 50 countries now.(已经去过：have been to )

例句：到目前他们行驶了10万公里。

They have travelled over 100 thousand kilometers now(so far).

➤ Another

Another garage = one more garage (表示再，又)

another VS. the other：两者中另一个。

例句： 你有两个苹果，吃了一个，接着吃了另一个。

I ate the other apple.

例句：你说，太好吃了，我想再来三个。

The apples taste great. I’d like to have another three apples/ three more apples.

例句：你朋友说：你胃口真好啊。

Wow, you have such a good appetite (胃口，食欲).

英语语法：短语so far，up to now的用法

近义短语的用法与区别

23. so far & up to now迄今为止

异同之处：so far和upto now都可以表示“截止到现在”，通常跟现在完成时态连用。同义短语还有tillnow。

例1：So far, fast-food firms have cleverly avoided government regulation. (2015年6月四级)

迄今为止，快餐公司已经巧妙地避开了政府的监管。

结构分析：So far是状语，fast-food firms是主语，have cleverly avoided是谓语(cleverly是状语，修饰avoided)，government regulation是宾语。

例2：The film has grossed more than 100 million dollars up to now.

到目前为止，这部电影的票房总收入已超过了1亿美元。

结构分析：The film是主语，has grossed是谓语，more是宾语， than 100 million dollars是比较状语， up to now是时间状语。

24. such as & for example例如

异同之处：such as和for example都可以表示列举，such as列举同类人或者物的几个例子，直接放在被列举的事物之前。for example用来举例说明某种情况或者某个观点，一般只举一个例子。for example在句中作插入语，可置于句首、句中或者句末。

例1：Marketers must qualify their claims on the product packaging and limit them to specific benefit, such as how much of the product is recycled. (2016年6月四级)

营销人员必须使产品包装符合他们的要求，限制他们的特定利益，例如回收多少产品。

例2：For example, only one boy said he would like to be president when he grows up. (2016年6月六级)

例如，只有一个男孩说他长大后想当总统。

20200329作业短语：use up & run out of用完，耗尽

异同之处：use up和runout of都可以表示“用完，用尽”，后面常跟表示钱、能源、物资等的名词、代词或者名词词组。

例1：His trip to Hawaii has used up all his money. (2012年12月六级)

例2：I’verun out of money and can hardly pay the fuel bill. (2015年12月四级)

任务：1.句子结构、时态等分析;2.将英文译成中文。

英语语法：短语from now on, from then on的用法

57. from now on从现在开始，今后

用法：from now on表示从现在往后，一般跟现在时或者将来时连用，同义词组有from now。

例句：From now on, I am going to learn French and English.

从现在开始，我打算学习法语和英语。

结构分析：From now on是状语, I是主语， am going to learn是谓语， French and English用and连接两个并列成分，整个作宾语。

58. from then on从那时起

用法：from then on在句中作时间状语，一般跟过去时态连用，同义词组有from now。

例句：From then on, the “Mona Lisa” came to represent Western culture itself. (2015年6月六级)

从那时起，“蒙娜丽莎”本身开始代表西方文化。

59. hardly ever几乎不

用法：hardly ever通常与一般现在时连用，置于句首，句子要倒装。

例句：But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. (2014年6月六级)

但是报纸很少报道关于和平和慷慨的故事。

60. here and there到处

用法：here and there通常与一般现在时连用，置于句首，句子要倒装。

例句：They searched here and there, but could not find the lost girl. (2014年6月六级)

他们到处寻找，但还是找不到那个失踪的女孩。

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