by now

介词短语
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英文释义

介词短语
  1. The hour being what it is; the hour being so advanced; considering that it is so far in time already; now that so much time has elapsed; if not before, now at the latest.
    — Near-synonyms: already, at this stage, at this point

词源

See by, sense 3: “not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval)”.
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