nowadays
adverb
uk/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/us/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/B1
at thepresenttime, incomparisonto the past:
如今,现在Whoremembersthosemoviesnowadays?如今谁还记得那些电影?
Nowadays, Ibakemy ownbreadratherthanbuyit.现在,我自己烤面包而不去买现成的了。
Synonyms
now
today
- Childrenchallengetheirparents'authorityfarmore nowadays than they did in the past.
- Accidentsduetofailureofsafetyequipmentareuncommonnowadays.
- Spythrillerswithplotsbasedon the Cold Warlookparticularlydatednowadays.
- Most ofourcustomcomes fromtouristsnowadays.
- The firstmobilephoneswereheavyandclumsyto use, but nowadays they are mucheasiertohandle.
Now
- carpe diem
- contemporary
- current
- currently
- day
- de nos jours
- even
- immediate
- in this day and ageidiom
- modern-day
- moment
- non-current
- right
- state
- still
- there's no time like the presentidiom
- this minuteidiom
- today
- topicality
- topically
Grammar
Nowadays,these daysortoday?
We can use nowadays, these days or today as adverbs meaning ‘at the present time, in comparison with the past’:…