recently作为副词有“最近；最近”的意思，通常用于现在完成时态中，是现在完成时的标志词。现在完成时表示过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响或结果或表示过去的动作或状态持续到现在，其基本构成是：主语+have/has+动词的过去分词。
recently的用法
(1)I have visited New York recently.
我最近去过纽约。
(2)I have seen a lot of her recently.
我最近经常见到她。
(3)They have recently bought a new car.
他们不久前买了一辆新汽车。
(4)Recently they have laid an underground pipeline.
他们最近铺了一条地下管道。
(5)Have you been in contact with your sister recently ?
近来你和你姐姐有没有联系？
现在完成时的其他标志词
already、yet、before、just、so far、by now、since+时间点或者for+时间段等等。
(1)Tom hasn’t been home since he was a boy.
(2)I’ve lived here since 1980.自1980年起我就住在这里。
(3)I have lived here for several years now and I’ve made many new friends since I have lived here.我已经在这里住了好多年。从我在这里住下到现在，我已经交了许多新朋友。