现在，现时　at the present time; in these modern times

　Nowadays people like travelling on foot.　现在人们喜欢徒步旅行。
　Nowadays petrol costs too much.　如今的汽油太贵了。
　He's much thinner nowadays than he used to be; I think he's been ill.　最近他比以前瘦多了，我想他一直在生病。
　Cars go very fast nowadays.　如今的汽车跑得快。
　Antiques are much sought after nowadays.　现在求购古玩成风。
　Most films are colour ones nowadays.　现在大多数影片是彩色的。
　The novels of Scott are much in demand nowadays.　斯科特的小说目前十分畅销。
　We can see many adulterators in the market nowadays.　时下我们能见到有许多低劣商品冲击市场。
　Many shoes nowadays are made of plastic or similar stuff.　如今，许多鞋子是用塑料或类似的材料制成的。
　You can't set up a business nowadays without money behind you.　现如今你要是没有钱在后边撑着，就办不成事。

1. 现在你很少来看我。
　［误］ In nowadays you rarely come to see me.
　［正］ Nowadays you rarely come to see me.
　如今，人们如果没有电就几乎不能生活。
　［误］ In the nowadays, people can hardly live without electricity.
　［正］ Nowadays people can hardly live without electricity.
　［析］ nowadays是副词，不是名词，其前不用任何介词。
2. 许多上了年纪的人不喜欢如今的风气。
　［误］ Many elderly people don't like the nowadays fashions.
　［正］ Many elderly people don't like the fashions nowadays.
　如今他们知道任何事。
　［误］ They know nowadays everything.
　［正］ They know everything nowadays.
　［析］ nowadays不是形容词，不能作前置定语修饰名词。

　［同义词］ any more, at the moment, now, today