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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cur·rent·ly /ˈkʌrəntli $ ˈkɜːr-/ ●●● S2 W2 adverb NOWat the present time 现时，当前 the products that are currently available 目前供应的产品 He is currently working on his first novel. 他目前正在创作他的第一本小说。► see thesaurus at now
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currently• The running yield is currently 8.24 per cent, with a redemption yield of 6.87 per cent.• Ms. Kelly is currently assisting another customer. May I help you?• As currently conceived graduated tests serve both formative and summative functions.• The firm currently employs 113 people.• It is currently fashionable to forswear flesh eating in the interests of animal rights or a lower cholesterol level.• The polytechnic currently has 71 research students and another 20 waiting to be registered.• There is currently no satisfactory means of preventing proximal colon cancer in the general population.• No state currently recognizes marriages between homosexuals.• Currently, the most a senior nurse can earn is £16,000.• The house is currently unoccupied.• As far as wound cleansing is concerned, 93 percent of leg ulcers were managed in line with research recommendations and no nurses currently used hypochlorites.• Ken is currently working as a high school baseball coach.cur·rent·ly adverbChineseSyllable
Corpus the time at present
currently
cur‧rent‧ly S2 W2 /ˈkʌrəntli $ ˈkɜːr-/
adverb
at the present time:
the products that are currently available
He is currently working on his first novel.
▪ now at this time: Where are you living now? | The population is much larger now than it used to be.
▪currently formal now – used when describing what a situation is like: The firm currently employs 113 people. | Currently, the starting salary is around £20,000.
▪at the moment now – used when talking about a short period of time, after which the situation is likely to change: I think she’s at lunch at the moment – can I ask her to call you back? | At the moment I’m working in a restaurant, but I’m hoping to go to college.
▪at present/at the present time formal (also presently American English) now – used when you do not expect something that is true now to be permanent: Many areas are inaccessible at present due to heavy snow. | The official currency is the crown, presently about 30 to the dollar.
▪for the time being now – used when a situation is likely to change, especially because an arrangement is only temporary: You can stay here for the time being, until you find a flat.
cur‧rent‧ly S2 W2 /ˈkʌrəntli $ ˈkɜːr-/
adverbat the present time:
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