1.现在；立刻2.既然(与that连用)3.现在；此刻4.目前的；现存的5.全国妇女组织(=National Organization of Women)

单词NOW

1.〔现在〕(a)现在，此刻，目前。The bell is now ringing.钟现在正在响。(b)现在(已经)；按此刻情形。It is now over.已经完了。

2.〔未来〕立刻，即刻，马上。Do it now.马上做吧。I can come now.我马上可以来。

3.〔过去〕(a)刚才，方才。★现在只用just now和〔诗〕even now.(b)(叙述中的)现在，那时，当时；接着，于是，然后；那时已经。Hannibal was now crossing the Alps.汉尼拔那时正在翻越阿尔卑斯山。

4.〔无时间观念，表示说话者的语气，用于命令、请求、说明、警告、责骂、安慰等句中〕原来，那么；喂；嗳呀，哟。

既，既然，由于。N-you mention it,I do remember.经你这样一提，我就记起来了。N-(that)the weather is warmer,we can go outdoors.天气既然暖和得多，我们可以到户外去了。Well, now!〔口语〕唷!喂!呵!哟，好吧!

主要用于前置词后〕此刻，目前，现在。by now此刻已经。from now(on,forward,等)从现在起，今后。till now迄今，到现在为止。

基本解释

adv.现在,目前,刚才,立刻

n.现在,此刻

adj.现在的

conj.由于,既然

now同义词

adv.right away presently at once today immediately

now反义词

adv.then

now相关词组

1.now that既然…,由于…

2.now then喂

3.by now到目前为止

4.from now on从现在开始

5.up to now到目前为止

6.just now刚才

例句

Anton will now be in contention for the forthcoming fixtures,but expect him to be back out on trials in the future.Article By-J.安顿恐怕接下来的比赛里都会是一个争论点，但预计他未来不会再跑去试训了。

Now he had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months,yet she stayed by his bedside every single day./n现在，他已昏迷了几个月，时而苏醒，时而又马上入睡，但是，她日夜陪伴在他的床边。/n

And now the dark-haired young man spoke to me,and it became evident that his mind also moved along its own set of grooves./n现在，黑发小伙子对我说，很明显，他的思想也是按自己的一套习惯运行。