modern
adjective
uk/ˈmɒd.ən/us/ˈmɑː.dɚn/modernadjective(MOST RECENT)
A2
designedand made using the mostrecentideasandmethods:
现代的；新式的moderntechnology/architecture/medicine/art现代技术／建筑／医学／艺术
We're in the very modern-lookingbuildingoppositethestation.我们在车站对面那座非常现代化的大楼里。
approvingMy grandpa'sattitudesare very modern,consideringhisage.考虑到我祖父的年龄的话，他的看法相当新潮。
modern
- modernThe building was made using modern construction techniques.
- up to dateThe hospital has some of the most up-to-date equipment in the country.
- latestShe always wears the latest fashions.
- cutting-edgeComputers have brought cutting-edge technology into the classroom.
- high-techDivers with high-tech equipment discovered the wreck of the ship.
- One by one theoldbuildingsin thecityhave beendemolishedandreplacedwith moderntowerblocks.
- Spacetravelis one of themarvels/wondersof modernscience.
- Does shestudyclassicalballetor modernballet?
- Thehousehas every modernconvenience.
- The modernfurniturewas out ofkeepingwith theoldhouse.
Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rageidiom
- be having a momentidiom
- be the last word insomethingidiom
- futuristic
- get with the programmeidiom
- go ahead
- happening
- high-tech
- hipster
- smartness
- snappily
- snappy
- snazzily
- sophisticated
- the avant-garde
- up to date
- up-to-the-minuteidiom
- way-out
- with it
- à la mode
modernadjective(PRESENT)
B1
of thepresentorrecenttimes,especiallytheperiodofhistorysince around 1500:
现代的；近代的What do youthinkis theroleofreligionin the modernworld?你如何看待宗教在现代社会中的角色？
History - general words
- a page in/of historyidiom
- Age of Exploration
- age of sail
- alternative history
- annal
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- antique
- digital age
- heritage
- histographer
- historic
- historical
- historically
- historiographer
- history
- legacy
- non-historical
- revisionist
- the Agrarian Revolution