here and now 是习语，意思是“此时此刻，目前，立即”，主要强调作用。根据需要既可用作副词，也可用作名词。用作副词时，可直接用作状语；用作名词时，则可在其前其他定冠词。如：

——起副词作用，用作状语：
(1) We’re going to settle this here and now. 我们将立即处理这事儿。
(2) I’m a practicing physician trying to help people here and now. 我是一名此时此刻只想治病救人的执业医师。
(3) I’ll advance you the money for it, here and now, just to help you out of a bind. 我现在就把钱预付给你，好让你摆脱困境。

——起名词作用（其前有冠词），用作介词宾语：

(1) To be able to live fully in the here and now, one must first learn how to honour the past. 要想能够现在过得好，你首先就得学会尊重过去。
(2) We have to deal with the problems of the here and now before we think about future problems. 我们必须把现时的问题解决了才能考虑以后的问题。
(3) Instead of staying in the here and now, you bring up similar instances from the past. 你没有紧扣眼前所发生的事，而是只提出了一些过去的类似事例。