
美:/'bət naʊ; bʌt naʊ/
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He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job.
他曾是飞行员,但现在做办公室工作。
Anne has been ill but now she's back in circulation.
安妮一直生病,但现在又回来参加社交活动了。
I was born in the East, but now live in San Francisco.
我出生在东部,但现住在旧金山。
She told me not to repeat it, but now I don't suppose it matters.
她告诉我不要重复它,但是这样一来我认为它不重要了。
I was very angry with him, but now I feel I've got it out of my system.
我当时很生他的气,不过现在我感觉气已经消了。
"but now"是一个英语连词短语,由转折连词"but"和时间副词"now"组合而成,表示语境中时间状态或条件的转折性变化。其核心含义可拆解为:
转折功能:"but"作为并列连词,表达前后句意的逻辑对立(来源:Merriam-Webster词典。例如:"He was poor, but now he is rich."(剑桥英语词典
时间维度:"now"强调当前时刻与先前状态的对比(来源:Oxford Learner's Dictionaries。在莎士比亚戏剧《麦克白》中,人物台词"but now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined"即通过该短语强化时空转变的戏剧张力(文学分析来源:British Library。
语用特征:在口语交际中,该短语常用于突出事物发展的意外性或突变性。语言学家David Crystal指出,这种结构能有效增强叙事的时间层次感(语言学研究参考:Routledge语言学手册。
在句法结构上,"but now"既可引导独立分句(如:"I thought it would rain, but now the sun is shining"),也可作为插入语衔接上下文(如:"The theory was accepted for decades. But now, new evidence challenges it")。这种灵活性使其成为英语书面和口头表达中的高频转折结构。
"but now" 是一个由连词but 和副词now 组成的短语,通常用于对比过去与现在的情况,强调时间或状态的转折变化。以下是详细解析:
He was poor,but now he is rich.
(他曾贫穷,但如今富裕了。)
I used to hate coffee,but now I drink it every day.
(我过去讨厌咖啡,但现在每天喝。)
The plan seemed perfect,but now we see its flaws.
(计划曾看似完美,但现在我们发现了缺陷。)
She was shy,but now (she) is confident.
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