1·She'll have had the results by now.
她现在应该知道结果了。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Oughtn't the water to have boiled by now?
水现在该开了吧？
—— 《牛津词典》
3·By now Murphy is Hollywood's top male comedy star.
现在墨菲已是好莱坞顶级男喜剧明星。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now.
他如果九点出发，现在应该到这里了。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·A bird had been locked in and was by now quite frantic.
一只鸟被关了起来，到现在它都非常狂躁。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·If you think about it, those children must be at school by now.
想想吧，那些孩子现在一定在学校了。
—— 《牛津词典》
7·By now we have completed 350 deliveries.
到目前为止，我们已经完成了350次交付。
8·Vaccination is by now a simple, safe and effective way to protect us from the diseases.
到目前为止，接种疫苗是一种简单、安全并有效的方式，可以保护我们免受疾病侵害。
9·Although vaccination is by now one of the best ways to protect us from COVID-19, it can be better.
尽管到目前为止，接种疫苗是保护我们免受新型冠状病毒肺炎感染的最佳方法之一，但它可以更好。
10·By now I was an ace at driving on the left.
现在我已经是靠左行驶的高手了。
1·The Law said stay; Jonathan said go; and by now he was a mile across the water.
法律说留下；乔纳森说走；而这时他已经飞出海面一英里了。
2·A few more weeks passed and by now Darwin was wondering if this adventure was such a good idea.
几个星期过去了，这时的达尔文开始考虑进行这次旅行到底是不是个好主意。
3·By now I had gone too far: I must have passed her; I turned around to go back the way I'd come.
这时我已经走得很远：我想我一定是赶在她的前头了；我调转车头，沿着来路回去。
4·By now I had made my way to the buffet car where, alongside the man with the bushy sideburns, I ran into Djuro, the buffet car manager and a fluent English speaker.
这时我到餐车去，看见一个有浓密鬓脚的男人。就这样我遇见了餐车经理德求罗，他能讲流利的英语。
5·By now the man in the river was trying very hard to breathe and was even swallowing some of the river water.
这时， 河里那个人已经呼吸困难，而且又呛了好几口水， 于是他说：「好啦！