nowadays
adverb uk/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ us/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
B1 如今，现在
at the present time, in comparison to the past
Who remembers those movies nowadays? 如今谁还记得那些电影？
Nowadays, I bake my own bread rather than buy it. 现在，我自己烤面包而不去买现成的了。
Synonyms: now today
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- Children challenge their parents' authority far more nowadays than they did in the past.
- Accidents due to failure of safety equipment are uncommon nowadays.
- Spy thrillers with plots based on the Cold War look particularly dated nowadays.
- Most of our custom comes from tourists nowadays.
- The first mobile phones were heavy and clumsy to use, but nowadays they are much easier to handle.