
美:/'bət naʊ; bʌt naʊ/
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He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job.
他曾是飛行員,但現在做辦公室工作。
Anne has been ill but now she's back in circulation.
安妮一直生病,但現在又回來參加社交活動了。
I was born in the East, but now live in San Francisco.
我出生在東部,但現住在舊金山。
She told me not to repeat it, but now I don't suppose it matters.
她告訴我不要重複它,但是這樣一來我認為它不重要了。
I was very angry with him, but now I feel I've got it out of my system.
我當時很生他的氣,不過現在我感覺氣已經消了。
"but now"是一個英語連詞短語,由轉折連詞"but"和時間副詞"now"組合而成,表示語境中時間狀态或條件的轉折性變化。其核心含義可拆解為:
轉折功能:"but"作為并列連詞,表達前後句意的邏輯對立(來源:Merriam-Webster詞典。例如:"He was poor, but now he is rich."(劍橋英語詞典
時間維度:"now"強調當前時刻與先前狀态的對比(來源:Oxford Learner's Dictionaries。在莎士比亞戲劇《麥克白》中,人物台詞"but now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined"即通過該短語強化時空轉變的戲劇張力(文學分析來源:British Library。
語用特征:在口語交際中,該短語常用于突出事物發展的意外性或突變性。語言學家David Crystal指出,這種結構能有效增強叙事的時間層次感(語言學研究參考:Routledge語言學手冊。
在句法結構上,"but now"既可引導獨立分句(如:"I thought it would rain, but now the sun is shining"),也可作為插入語銜接上下文(如:"The theory was accepted for decades. But now, new evidence challenges it")。這種靈活性使其成為英語書面和口頭表達中的高頻轉折結構。
"but now" 是一個由連詞but 和副詞now 組成的短語,通常用于對比過去與現在的情況,強調時間或狀态的轉折變化。以下是詳細解析:
He was poor,but now he is rich.
(他曾貧窮,但如今富裕了。)
I used to hate coffee,but now I drink it every day.
(我過去讨厭咖啡,但現在每天喝。)
The plan seemed perfect,but now we see its flaws.
(計劃曾看似完美,但現在我們發現了缺陷。)
She was shy,but now (she) is confident.
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