modern-day

英 [ˌmɒdn ˈdeɪ] 美 [ˌmɑːdərn ˈdeɪ]

adj.  现代的; 当代的; 现代版的,翻新的(通常用于消极事物)

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牛津词典

adj.

  1. 现代的;当代的
    of the present time
    1. modern-day America
      当代美国
  2. 现代版的,翻新的(通常用于消极事物)
    used to describe a modern form of sb/sth, usually sb/sth bad or unpleasant, that existed in the past
    1. It has been called modern-day slavery.
      人们称之为现代版的奴隶制度。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 现代的;当代的
    Modern-day is used to refer to the new or modern aspects of a place, an activity, or a society.
    1. ...modern-day America.
      当代美国
    2. ...the by-products of modern-day living.
      现代生活的副产品

双语例句

  1. Hall is angry at what he sees as a caricature of the training offered to modern-day social workers.
    在霍尔看来,当代社会工作者所受的培训被大肆夸大,他感到很气愤。
  2. The modern-day sex symbol has now taken the place of the old-fashioned hero of yesteryear.
    现代的性感偶像现在已取代了往昔过时的英雄形象。
  3. And with the Kindle, he essentially helped transform the modern-day book.
    通过电子书阅读器Kindle,贝佐斯颠覆了现代的书籍模式。
  4. Childhood has become the great casualty of modern-day living.
    童年成了当代生活的牺牲品。
  5. Scripting languages like Ruby, Python, and PHP power modern-day server-side Web development.
    诸如Ruby、Python和PHP这样的脚本语言可助力当今的服务器端Web开发。
  6. Tourism is very important to people who live in modern-day Athens.
    旅游业对于居住在雅典的人来说是非常重要的。
  7. As for the gold, this modern-day prospector pans it like its 1848.
    至于黄金,这位现代探矿者淘金的法子还和1848年时相差无几。
  8. Bosses have produced a modern-day drama about the fictional 19th Century detective and his sidekick.
    老大们根据19世纪名侦探和他的死党的小说改编了一部现代剧。
  9. The issue turned into a modern-day version of David and Goliath.
    这起事件演变成了现代版的大卫与歌利亚。
  10. Ever since Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton, their relationship has been hailed as a modern-day fairytale.
    从威廉王子向凯特米德尔顿求婚的那天起,他们的关系就被看作是现实版的童话故事。
  11. The modern-day plastic revolution is manifest in Japan and the countries of western Europe.
    现代的塑料革命在日本和西欧国家是明显的。
  12. Their achievements and way of life are still celebrated in modern-day peru.
    印加人的成就和生活方式倡炬至今。
  13. A very serious issue in our modern-day society is that light pollution is a terrible waste of energy.
    现代社会面临的一个非常严重的问题就是光污染是对能源的可怕浪费。
  14. The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New guinea.
    1961年西巴布亚岛共和国宣布独立,即今日的西新几内亚。
  15. But in the modern-day newspaper market, price is not necessarily the key issue.
    但在现代报纸市场,价格未必是关键问题。
  16. A modern-day proBlem unknown in earlier times. All the sides of the question have come into focus now.
    在从前不为人所知的现代的问题现在问题的所有方面都清楚了。
  17. I'm also including modern-day approaches to computational theory, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary theory and cultural psychology.
    而这些理论则包括了,计算理论,认知神经科学,进化论,以及文化心理学的诸多当代理论。
  18. Let us look at a few biblical and modern-day examples.
    让我们看几个圣经上的和现代生活里的例子。
  19. Disney Imagineers would be lost without the modern-day myths they use as the foundation for the experiences they build.
    如果没有现代社会的约定俗成,著名的迪斯尼幻想家们就失去了他们创建的体验基础。
  20. The Great Pyramid is the largest of three Pyramids at Giza, bordering modern-day Cairo.
    大金字塔在吉萨是三座金字塔中最大的,毗接于现代开罗的边境。
  21. The villain is a modern-day Mongol with dreams of restoring national power and pride.
    故事中的反派是一个现代的蒙古人,做着有朝一日复国的大梦;
  22. It has been called modern-day slavery.
    人们称之为现代版的奴隶制度。
  23. Miguel found that modern-day witch-killings in Tanzania are correlated with droughts and floods.
    米格尔发现,当代坦桑尼亚杀害女巫案例与干旱和洪水有关。
  24. On the other hand, it is far from clear that he was a genuine worker of modern-day wonders.
    另一方面,他是当代奇迹的真正创造者-这一点十分模糊。
  25. Modern-day explorers set out in spacecraft to explore the moon and the universe.
    现在的探险家们,乘坐宇宙飞船,去探索月球和宇宙。
  26. The film transposes Austen's comedy of manners to modern-day India.
    这部电影将奥斯丁的社交喜剧的背景换成了现代印度。
  27. Even in modern-day Britain it seems some people still believe in sorcery and black magic.
    即使在当今的英国,有些人似乎仍然相信魔法和巫术。
  28. The film is a fabulous tale of witchcraft and wizardry set in modern-day Britain.
    这部影片以现代英国为背景,讲述了一个魔法无边的神奇故事。
  29. The novel is a portrayal of a modern-day woman.
    这篇小说塑造了一个新的女性形象。

英英释义

adj

  1. characteristic of the present
    1. contemporary trends in design
    2. the role of computers in modern-day medicine

    Synonym:    contemporary