now·a·days /ˈnaʊ(ə)ˌdez/
 現在,現時,當今(ad.)時下,現今


 Now·a·days adv.  In these days; at the present time.
 What men of spirit, nowadays,
 Come to give sober judgment of new plays?   --Garrick.

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 nowadays
      n : the period of time that is happening now; any continuous
          stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is
          enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no
          thought of tomorrow" [syn: present]
      adv : in these times; "it is solely by their language that the
            upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy
            Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on
            city streets"; "today almost every home has television"
            [syn: now, today]