英汉词典

modern 基本解释

• adj. 现代的，近代的；时髦的
• n. 现代人；有思想的人

modern 词态变化

modern 中文词源

来自mode,模式，方式，尺度，-ern,形容词后缀。引申词义现存的，最新的模式，现代的。

modern 英文词源

modern

modern: [16] Latin modus (source of English mode and model) meant ‘measure’. Its ablative form modō hence originally denoted ‘to the measure’, but it subsequently came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘just now’. And in postclassical times an adjective modernus was derived from it, signifying ‘of the present time’ – source, via French, of English modern. At first it was used strictly for ‘of the present moment’, but before the end of the 16th century the now familiar sense ‘of the present age’ had begun to emerge.
=> mode, model

modern (adj.)

c. 1500, "now existing;" 1580s, "of or pertaining to present or recent times;" from Middle French moderne (15c.) and directly from Late Latin modernus "modern" (Priscian, Cassiodorus), from Latin modo "just now, in a (certain) manner," from modo (adv.) "to the measure," ablative of modus "manner, measure" (see mode (n.1)). Extended form modern-day attested from 1909.

In Shakespeare, often with a sense of "every-day, ordinary, commonplace." Slang abbreviation mod first attested 1960. Modern art is from 1807 (by contrast to ancient); modern dance first attested 1912; first record of modern jazz is from 1954. Modern conveniences first recorded 1926.

modern (n.)

1580s, "person of the present time" (contrasted to ancient, from modern (adj.). From 1897 as "one who is up to date."

modern 英文释义

1. a contemporary person

2. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

modern 同义词解析

modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date

这些形容词均有"现代的，当代的"之意。

modern： 指现代或近代，时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。

contemporary： 仅指当今这个时代，不涉及任何过去的时代。但可表示不同的人或物存在于同一时代。

current： 指目前存在和发生的。

recent： 表示新近的，最近的，时间的长短依据所修饰的人或物而定。

present： 是这些词中语气最强的一个。指现在正发生、起作用的。

up-to-date： 一般用于非正式场合，指很时新、能反映当前的最新发展。

modern 双语例句

1. We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

我们正在经历现代最严重的一段经济衰退。

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2. In many ways, it was a very modern school for its time.

从很多方面来说，这所学校在当时是非常先进的。

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3. This boxed collection captures 64 of the greatest modern love songs.

这套盒装专辑收录了64首最好听的当代爱情歌曲。

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4. Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.

现在的房子大多质量差劲透顶，肯定都是偷工减料盖起来的。

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5. The telephone is one of the great tyrannies of modern life.

电话是现代生活中让人最反感的必需品之一。

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modern 实用场景例句

the modern industrial world

当今工业世界

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Modern European history

欧洲近代史

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modern Greek

现代希腊语

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Stress is a major problem of modern life.

压力是现代生活中的主要问题。

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modern art/architecture/drama/jazz

现代艺术 / 建筑 / 戏剧 / 爵士乐

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a modern computer system

时新的电脑系统

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modern methods of farming

现代化的耕作方式

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the most modern, well-equipped hospital in London

伦敦最先进的、设备最精良的医院

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She has very modern ideas about educating her children.

在教育子女方面，她有非常新式的观点。

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...the problem of materialism in modern society.

现代社会的实利主义问题

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...the risks facing every modern marriage...

所有现代婚姻所面临的危机

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Modern technology has opened our eyes to many things...

现代科技开阔了我们的眼界，让我们了解了许多事物。

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In many ways, it was a very modern school for its time...

从很多方面来说，这所学校在当时是非常先进的。

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They were very modern Tories in almost every sense...

从几乎所有意义上说，他们都属于非常新潮的保守主义分子。

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She is very modern in outlook.

她的观点非常新潮。

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...a modern dance company.

现代舞蹈团

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...the Museum of Modern Art.

现代艺术博物馆

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The question of what obligations should apply to the bank's controlling shareholders remains a stumbling block.

银行的控股股东应该承担什么义务这一问题,仍然是一块绊脚石.

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The computer had made a great impact on modern life.

计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.

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He lectured on modern drama.

他作了关于现代戏剧的演讲.

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All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations.

所有现代化船只都有雷达装置.

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This drama series is supposedly modern yet its characters live in a curiously dated world.

这个系列剧应当是现代的,但剧中的角色却生活在一个奇特的过去世界里.

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He got a first in Modern Language.

他在近代语言一科中获得第一名.

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Modern music has broken away from 18 th century rules.

现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的规则.

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Modern life is numerical.

现代生活是数字化的.

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