nowadays /'nauadeiz; maua’dez/ adv at the present time (and often used in contrasts between present day manners, customs, etc, and those of past times): 時下; 現(xiàn)今(常用于現(xiàn)今與舊時之證俗、習(xí)慣等的對比中)： N~ children prefer TV to reading. 現(xiàn)今兒童喜歡看電視而不喜歡讀書。