now that除了表示原因外,還含now的意思,意思是“既然(現(xiàn)在)……”“既然(當(dāng)時(shí))……”。
例句:
Now you're settled, why don't you take up some serious study?
既然你(現(xiàn)在)已經(jīng)安頓下來了,為什么不開始正經(jīng)地學(xué)點(diǎn)東西呢?
Now that she was retired she lived with her sister.
現(xiàn)在她已經(jīng)退休了,和姐姐一起住。
Now that he’s got this job, there’ll be no holding him back .
既然他現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)得到了這份工作, 就沒有什么能制約他的了。