now that

基本解釋

The soil is firming up now that the weather is drier.
現(xiàn)在天氣干燥了，所以土地變得堅實起來。
Now that we're in Europe we ought to visit the Netherlands.
既然我們到了歐洲，就應(yīng)當(dāng)去荷蘭。
The situation should ease up now that the two countries are prepared to talk.
既然兩國都準(zhǔn)備談判，形勢就該緩和些了。

Observers say North Korea is attempting to reconnect with the United States now that it has a new president.
It's a freedom that, of course, Parliament had pushed for, but now that they've got it there is some misgiving.
當(dāng)然，這是一種議會推崇的自由，但是現(xiàn)在他們得到的只是疑慮。
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and now that I'm in college, I don't really... the way that university works in the United States.
上了大學(xué)之后，我不能……按美國大學(xué)的教育體制，
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It is two years in a row now that we've had a 60% retention rate.
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