8 just now NOWPASTa moment ago 刚才 Was that you singing just now? 刚才是你在唱歌吗?
just now• But the gentleman will not take no for an answer, and even tried to push past me just now.• I myself had started something of a relationship with her just now.• Maybe the maids would have left some of the rooms open, if there was nobody staying in them just now.• The man, whose helping hand he had just now been the recipient of, was immediately behind him.• When I was in Marcus just now he was normal.• That betraying look in her eyes in the cloakroom just now must have told him he'd won again.• Her own eyes were a muddy green, and just now they were spitting fire, like a little cat.
13 now now a) CALMused to make someone calm or comfort them when they are angry, upset etc 好了,好了〔用于安慰别人〕 Now now, don’t worry. Everything will be okay. 好了,好了,别担心,一切都会好的。
b) especially British EnglishBrETELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something used when telling someone not to behave badly 行了,得了 〔用于劝阻别人〕 Now now, leave your sister alone. 行了,放过你妹妹吧。
now now• It's now now; it's not then any more.• Me, me, me, only thought about now now now.
17 it’s now or never CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYused to say that if someone does not do something now, they will not get another chance to do it 机不可失,莫失良机 Quite suddenly, her mind was made up. It was now or never. 突然间她下定了决心。机不可失,时不再来。
it’s now or never• Twoflower, I thought, it's now or never.