adj. 现代的；近代的；现代式[化]的，时新的，新派的，时髦的，摩登的。 n. 现代人；近代人；新思想家，现代派人物；【印刷】近代铅字字体。 modern history 近代史。 modern languages 近代语言，现代语言。 a modern army 现代化部队。 modern automatic weapons 现代自动武器。 modern dance 现代舞蹈〔西方近代舞蹈〕。 M- English 近代英语〔略 Mod. E.〕。 M- Hebrew 现代希伯来语〔尤指近代以色列语〕。 modern school [side] 〔英国〕近代学科分部。 modern times 现代。 the M- Athens 现代雅典，〔〔英国〕爱丁堡，〔美国〕波士顿的别名〕。 the M- Babylon 现代巴比伦〔伦敦市的别名〕。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; 同义词：mod, modernistic,
ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" 同义词：advanced, forward-looking, innovative,
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes 同义词：modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font,
a contemporary person
Modern generally denotes something that is "up-to-date", "new", or contemporary.
例句与用法
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Modern inventions facilitate housework . 许多现代发明便利了家务劳动。
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He hates the racket of modern life . 他讨厌现代生活繁忙的社交活动。
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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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Examples abound in modern texts . 在现代的文章中这类例子不胜枚举。
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Modern culture is scientific in method . 现代教育的方法是科学化。
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She has a prejudice against modern music . 她对现代音乐怀有偏见。
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Modern man takes pleasure in fouling his nest . 现代人以弄脏自己的窝为乐事。
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I have a blind spot where modern art is concerned . 对于现代艺术我一窍不通。
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The kitchen is just as modern as the barn . 厨房与牲口棚一样，也是现代化的。
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Trade is the lifeblood of most modern states . 贸易是大多数现代国家的生命线。
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