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  Now \Now\ (nou), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D.,
     OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth.
     nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf.
     New.]
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     1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of
        speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
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              I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who
              discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     2. Very lately; not long ago.
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              They that but now, for honor and for plate,
              Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
                                                    --Waller.
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     3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or
        contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
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              The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt.
                                                    xiv. 24.
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     4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; --
        hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an
        inference or an explanation.
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              How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite
              and a man of honor?                   --L'Estrange.
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              Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is? --Shak.
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              Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
              Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii.
                                                    40.
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              The other great and undoing mischief which befalls
              men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by
              calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others
              in the way of slander.                --South.
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     Now and again, now and then; occasionally.
  
     Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely;
        occasionally; not often; at intervals. ``A mead here,
        there a heath, and now and then a wood.'' --Drayton.
  
     Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] ``Why,
        even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the
        turning down of this.'' --J. Webster (1607).
  
     Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another
        time. ``Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.''
        --Pope.
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  Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn,
     onge['a]n, against, again; on + ge['a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn
     against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]
     1. In return, back; as, bring us word again.
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     2. Another time; once more; anew.
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              If a man die, shall he live again?    --Job xiv. 14.
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     3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as
        much again.
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     4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon.
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     5. On the other hand. ``The one is my sovereign . . . the
        other again is my kinsman.'' --Shak.
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     6. Moreover; besides; further.
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              Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
                                                    --Herschel.
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     Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly.
  
     Now and again, now and then; occasionally.
  
     To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe.
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     Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations,
           as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to
           ride against; again-come, to come against, to
           encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.
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  Now \Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D., OS., &
     OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L.
     nunc, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf. New.]
     1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of
        speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
  
              I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who
              discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
     2. Very lately; not long ago.
  
              They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the
              sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller.
  
     3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or
        contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
  
              The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt.
                                                    xiv. 24.
  
     4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; --
        hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an
        inference or an explanation.
  
              How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite
              and a man of honor ?                  --L'Estrange.
  
              Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? --Shak.
  
              Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
              Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii.
                                                    40.
  
              The other great and undoing mischief which befalls
              men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by
              calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others
              in the way of slander.                --South.
  
     Now and again, now and then; occasionally.
  
     Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely;
        occasionally; not often; at intervals. ``A mead here,
        there a heath, and now and then a wood.'' --Drayton.
  
     Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] ``Why,
        even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the
        turning down of this.'' --J. Webster (1607).
  
     Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another
        time. ``Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.''
        --Pope.

  Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn,
     onge['a]n, against, again; on + ge['a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn
     against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]
     1. In return, back; as, bring us word again.
  
     2. Another time; once more; anew.
  
              If a man die, shall he live again?    --Job xiv. 14.
  
     3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as
        much again.
  
     4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon.
  
     5. On the other hand. ``The one is my sovereign . . . the
        other again is my kinsman.'' --Shak.
  
     6. Moreover; besides; further.
  
              Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
                                                    --Hersche?.
  
     Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly.
  
     Now and again, now and then; occasionally.
  
     To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe.
  
     Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations,
           as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to
           ride against; again-come, to come against, to
           encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.

  now and again
       adv : now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and
             occasionally callous"; "open areas are only
             occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they
             visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would
             take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us";
             "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then
             attracted his attention" [syn: occasionally, on
             occasion, once in a while, now and then, at times,
              from time to time]

  now and again
     Αγγλικά adv.
     (ετ ιδιωματισμός en) κάθε τόσο

  now and again
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently.

  now and again
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently.

  now and again
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently.

  now and again
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently.

  now and again /nˈaʊ and ɐɡˈɛn/
  časem

  now and again /nˈaʊ and ɐɡˈɛn/
  chvílemi

  now and again /nˈaʊ and ɐɡˈɛn/
  1. idônként
  2. néha
  3. néhanapján
  4. egyszer-másszor
  5. olykor
  6. hébe-hóba

  now and again /nˈaʊ and ɐɡˈɛn/
  tarpais, kartais, kartkarčiais

  时而

     不时地,经常;有时,偶尔