adv.现今；现在

Nowadays we rely increasingly on computers for help/to help us. 现今人们越来越依赖计算机协助工作。

Nowadays people travel in cars rather than carriages. 现今人们旅行都坐汽车，而不使用马车。

Portable telephones are very popular nowadays. 现今，移动电话非常普及。

Nowadays, children often prefer watching TV to reading. 如今，儿童常爱看电视而不爱看书。

Nowadays, the poor student has become a rich man. 如今，那个穷学生成了富人。

Lasers can be used to perform operations nowadays. 现在激光可以用来做手术。

Phonograph is no longer used nowadays. 留声机现在已不再使用了。

Nowadays many people die of cancer. 现在有很多人死于癌症。

nowadays的基本意思是“现在”“现时”,用于把现在的情况与过去的情况进行对比,含有强烈的感情色彩,一般不用于完成体。

nowadays在句中一般用作状语,可放在句首,也可放在句子中间或句末。

nowadays有时也可放在名词之后作定语。