当下

• 拼音: dāng xià
• 汉字拆解: 当 = at, during; 下 = 一 below another (below, present moment)

含义

At the present moment; right now; immediately. Can refer to the current time period or to instantaneous action.

Has two related uses: (1) temporal — referring to the present era or moment; (2) immediate action — indicating something happened instantly. Slightly more literary than 现在, common in both formal writing and everyday speech.

例句

1. 当下最重要的是稳定市场，防止恐慌情绪进一步蔓延。
2. 听到这个坏消息，他当下愣住了，久久说不出话来。
3. 我们不能只关注眼前利益，而忽视当下面临的深层问题。

用法指南

语境: narrative, social commentary, philosophy

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 珍视当下，活在当下，是一种积极的人生态度。(Cherishing the present and living in the moment is a positive attitude toward life.)
• 当下的形势要求我们迅速做出调整。(The current situation demands that we make swift adjustments.)

错误说法

• 当下我要去买东西 — for casual immediate plans, 现在 or 马上 is more natural; 当下 sounds overly literary in trivial contexts

起源与历史

当 (at) + 下 (at this point, present) — at this very point in time

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal