157、today K.K: [ ] IPA: [ ]
adv. 今天;現(xiàn)在 ★
A: I’m very busy today.
今天我特別忙。
B: What are you up to?
你忙什么呢?
A: It is more important today than ever before to learn English.
如今學(xué)英語(yǔ)比以前任何時(shí)候都重要。
B: That’s for sure. English gets more important every day.
那當(dāng)然,英語(yǔ)變得日漸重要起來(lái)了。
A: More women have jobs today than in the past.
如今工作的婦女比以前多了。
B: Too bad, most women don’t earn equal pay for their work.
真糟糕,大部分婦女都不能就工作獲得(與男人)同樣的待遇。
Kim’s Note: This form of “today” is used to replace “nowadays” and “these days” in the most up-to-date English.
在最新的英語(yǔ)中,“today”的這種用法已經(jīng)取代了“nowadays”和“these days”。