modernity

noun

1. 现代性
   the condition of being new and modern

1. ADJ 近代的;现代的
   Modern means relating to the present time, for example the present decade or present century.
   1. ...the problem of materialism in modern society.
      现代社会的实利主义问题
   2. ...the risks facing every modern marriage...
      所有现代婚姻所面临的危机
   3. It's the sort of thing that would be very difficult to prove in any modern court of law.
      这属于那种任何现代法庭都很难证明的事情。
2. ADJ-GRADED 现代化的;新式的;最新的
   Something that is modern is new and involves the latest ideas or equipment.
   1. 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。
   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。
   3. As the country's economy prospered, it was bound to want a modern army.
      随着经济的繁荣，这个国家肯定想要建立一支现代化军队。
3. ADJ-GRADED 新潮的;时髦的;摩登的
   People are sometimes described as modern when they have opinions or ways of behaviour that have not yet been accepted by most people in a society.
   1. 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。
   2. She is very modern in outlook.
      她的观点非常新潮。
4. ADJ (艺术、舞蹈、音乐、建筑的风格)现代的，近代的
   Modern is used to describe styles of art, dance, music, and architecture that have developed in recent times, in contrast to classical styles.
   1. ...a modern dance company.
      现代舞蹈团
   2. ...the Museum of Modern Art.
      现代艺术博物馆
   3. The moderns are artists who follow modern styles.
      现代艺术家
   4. I don't have much time for the moderns. Chaucer's my favourite.
      我不愿花太多时间关注那些现代文学家，乔叟才是我的最爱。

1. His works have evolved toward themes of tradition colliding with modernity, wildness clashing with stillness.
   他的作品从传统与现代碰撞、野性与沉静冲突的主题演变而来。
2. But they have mostly joined the world of civilised modernity.
   但他们基本上加入了文明和现代的世界。
3. The ethics of postmodernity is an important question in Bauman s framework of modernity and postmodernity.
   后现代伦理学是鲍曼在其现代性与后现代性框架下所研究的一个重要问题。
4. Much to a regret, Giddens somewhat ignores the problem of imparity in the course of modernity globalization.
   吉登斯对全球化的思考很有价值，但他对“现代性的全球化”过程中的不平等性等有所忽略。
5. Contemporary China Social Development Modernity Question Research
   当代中国社会发展中的现代性问题研究
6. The modernity as a kind of modern consciousness embodies people's pursuit of logos, independence and freedom.
   现代性作为一种现代意识，体现了人们对理性、立性和自由的追求。
7. How does this ancient and diverse tradition adapt to modern challenges whilst conducting introspections and criticisms on modernity?
   古老而多样的佛教传统面对现代性的压力，如何一方面调适自身，另一方面又开展对现代性的反思和批判？
8. The conflict makes the clue tying the tying the Left-wing Literature and modernity.
   这种悖论性的冲突构成了左翼文学与现代性的联结线索。
9. The context of modernity which is characterized by technical rationality makes the grand narrative of western public administration.
   以技术理性为特质的现代性构成了西方公共行政的宏大叙事背景，并界定了其理论思维与实践走向。
10. Marx's Discovery, Critique and Reconstruction of the Society of Modernity
    马克思对现代性社会的发现、批判与重构
11. Benjamin's philosophy is a criticism of modernity and at once an appeal to salvation.
    摘要本雅明哲学既是对现代性的批判，又是对救赎的诉求。
12. The united form of individualism and universalism is modernity ethical discourse of Chinese aesthetics.
    中国美学现代性的伦理话语是个体主义与普遍主义的统一形态。
13. How does positivism confront all kinds of post modernity thoughts?
    实证主义如何面对各种后现代性的思想？
14. Marxist philosophy belongs to the category of modern philosophy in nature, because of its modernity and meaning.
    摘要马克思主义哲学本质上是属于现代哲学范畴的，具有现代性质和意义。
15. "Modernity" is rather difficult to grasp, but the key is to seize the essence of modernity.
    “现代性”是一个比较难于把握的概念，而关键在于抓住现代性的实质，明白。
16. The organic combination of family factors with company system has integrated tradition with modernity.
    家族因素和公司制度的有机结合使传统和现代得以接轨。
17. Modernity has its normal form and alienated form.
    而现代性又有着它的合理形态与异化形态。
18. The dilemma of dandyism deeply reflects the paradox of aesthetic modernity.
    纨绔主义的困境，深刻反映了审美现代性中的矛盾命题。
19. While modernity is characterized by meta-narrative, post-modernity subverts meta-narrative.
    “现代性”以“元叙事”为其特征，后现代性是对元叙事的颠覆。
20. Wang Guowei's literary criticism system is characterized in its most modernity in Chinese history of literary criticism.
    中国近代以来，王国维文学批评在中国文学批评史上最具现代性特征。
21. His ideology concentrated on the contradiction of aesthetic modernity.
    他的思想集中传达了审美现代性的悖论。
22. Theoretical discussions about modernity are among the basic themes in the modern western movements of thoughts.
    摘要对现代性进行理论探讨是现代西方思想运动的基本主题之一。
23. With incredible energy and determination, she embodies both tradition and modernity.
    本着惊人的精力和决心，舅妈很好地将传统与现代结合了起来。
24. An enticing combination of colonial legacy, cultural diversity and progressive modernity.
    一个由殖民地遗产、文化多样性和渐进的现代性三种因素组成的诱人的结合体。
25. This startling combination is the result of a10000-year-old civilization's collision with modernity.
    这令人震撼的组合是万年文明与现代相碰撞的结果。
26. Giving more sense of modernity.
    而且更富有现代感了。
27. School modernization is a state and process of which school modernity adapted to school developing and changing increases.
    学校的现代化是指与学校的发展、变迁相伴的学校现代性不断增长的状态和过程。
28. Our rational thinking of Modernity must comply with our unique background and realistic status.
    我们对现代性的思考，必须考虑到中国独特的背景和现实状况。
29. But the whole question of modernity is the legitimacy and rationality of the implementation and universalization.
    但现代性的整个问题却是合法性和理性的贯彻和普遍化。
30. The century's progress of Chinese movie is closely related with the pursuit of nationality and modernity.
    百年中国电影的发展和创新之路，始终是同追求民族化和现代性紧密联系在一起的。

noun

1. the quality of being current or of the present
   1. a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village

   Synonym:    modernnessmodernismcontemporaneitycontemporaneousness