托福詞匯之時(shí)間表達(dá) (三)

at present 現(xiàn)在,目前

?例句：At present I do not have information on the meeting you asked about.
至于是否有你提到的會(huì)見(jiàn)，我現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有這方面的消息。

by far 到目前為止;最

?例句：Sean: The “writing fast” advice is some of the best advice I have as a writer, by far.
肖恩：關(guān)于如何“快速寫(xiě)作”的忠告，是到目前為止我作為一名作家最有發(fā)言權(quán)的。

even now 即使在現(xiàn)在

?例句：Even now, it hurts me to think that someone who had so much hardship in life should have suffered so at the end.
甚至現(xiàn)在，一想到一個(gè)在生活中經(jīng)歷了那么多艱難的人到頭來(lái)竟然還要經(jīng)受如此苦難，我就非常難過(guò)。

ever since 從那時(shí)起一直到現(xiàn)在

?例句：So ever since then and when I came back to Princeton, then we formed a center to study those problems.
所以從那以后，在我回到普林斯頓大學(xué)時(shí)，我們組成了一個(gè)中心研習(xí)這些問(wèn)題。

for the moment 暫時(shí);目前

?例句：He was just going to speak when he thought better of it and didn't mention it for the moment.
他剛想開(kāi)口說(shuō)話(huà)， 但一轉(zhuǎn)念， 覺(jué)得還是暫時(shí)不提為好。

for the time being 暫時(shí),眼下

例句：We could undertake the work for the time being.
我們可以暫時(shí)從事這項(xiàng)工作。

not yet 尚未(到目前為止某事沒(méi)有發(fā)生)

?例句：Some of the mountains in America have not yet been mapped out.
美洲有些山脈還沒(méi)有在地圖上標(biāo)出來(lái)。

on the spot 在現(xiàn)場(chǎng),當(dāng)場(chǎng);立即

?例句：They help enforce it by going to markets, buying salt and testing it on the spot.
她們?nèi)ナ袌?chǎng)購(gòu)買(mǎi)鹽當(dāng)場(chǎng)測(cè)試含碘量，以此推動(dòng)這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)的實(shí)施。

so far 迄今為止;到目前為止

?例句：So far, they appear to be up to the task.
到目前為止，他們表現(xiàn)出承擔(dān)了這一任務(wù)。

to date 到目前為止,迄今

?例句：To date, all patients under investigation have received treatment with this drug.
到目前為止，接受調(diào)查的所有病人都使用這種藥物進(jìn)行治療。