用于表示不赞成[劝慰]的话语之前; 用以引出要说的话，以提出建议[征询回应]; 考虑下一步要做的事或要说话时，用来填补暂时的停顿
now then的意思
1. 如今：- No one's escaped, Captain. - Excellent work, matey.|- 一个也没逃走,船长 - 干得好,好吧 | Now then.|如今 | Now is your only chance to speak.|你们只有一次机会
2. 那么：I say when doomsday is approaching|应该由我说了算 | Now, then|那么 | What about the rest of the Warsaw Pact countries?|华沙条约的其他成员国呢?
3. 好啦,嗝：-So glad you thought of this. -Me too.|-幸好他想起来了 -是啊 | Now, then...|好啦,嗝...... | ...where were we?.|说到哪儿了?
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4. 时而,偶尔：nothing but 只有,只不过 | now then 时而,偶尔 | off on 断断续续,间歇地