托福詞匯之時間表達 (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見，我現(xiàn)在還沒有這方面的消息。

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，一想到一個在生活中經(jīng)歷了那么多艱難的人到頭來竟然還要經(jīng)受如此苦難，我就非常難過。

ever since 從那時起一直到現(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時，我們組成了一個中心研習這些問題。

for the moment 暫時;目前

?例句：He was just going to speak when he thought better of it and didn't mention it for the moment.
他剛想開口說話， 但一轉(zhuǎn)念， 覺得還是暫時不提為好。

for the time being 暫時,眼下

例句：We could undertake the work for the time being.
我們可以暫時從事這項工作。

not yet 尚未(到目前為止某事沒有發(fā)生)

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

on the spot 在現(xiàn)場,當場;立即

?例句：They help enforce it by going to markets, buying salt and testing it on the spot.
她們?nèi)ナ袌鲑徺I鹽當場測試含碘量，以此推動這項運動的實施。

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行治療。