current
adjective
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/B2
of thepresenttime:
现时的,当前的;现行的Have youseenthe currentissueof(= the mostrecentlypublished)Voguemagazine?最新一期《时尚》杂志你看过了吗?
The word is nolongerincurrentuse.这个单词现在已不再使用了。
- Who is the currenteditorof the Times?
- A lot ofbusinessesare beinghurtby the current highinterestrates.
- I wouldn'tworkfor themevenif theypaidmetwicemy currentsalary.
- What areyourcurrent child-carearrangements?
- Most of the currenttroublesstemfromournewcomputersystem.
Now
- carpe diem
- contemporary
- currently
- day
- de nos jours
- even
- immediate
- in this day and ageidiom
- minute
- modern-day
- moment
- non-current
- right
- state
- still
- the status quo
- there's no time like the presentidiom
- this minuteidiom
- today
- topicality
current
noun[C]
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/currentnoun[C](FLOW)
amovementofwater,air, orelectricityin aparticulardirection:
水流;气流;电流toswimagainst/withthe current逆流/顺流而游
He wassweptout toseaby thestrongcurrent.他被急流冲到了海里。
Switch off theelectriccurrent beforechangingthebulb.换灯泡前先把电源切断。
Electricity & electronics
- anti-static
- arc
- bitstream
- brownout
- capacitance
- chargeable
- charged
- conduct
- electromagnetism
- generate
- hydropower
- negatively
- non-electric
- non-electrical
- non-electronic
- non-polar
- photoelectric
- piezoelectric
- pylon
- resistance
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Floods, tides & currents
currentnoun[C](FEELING)
aparticularopinionorfeelingthat agroupofpeoplehave:
思潮;潮流There is agrowingcurrent ofsupportforenvironmentalissuesamongvoters.投票者对环境问题的支持呈增长趋势。
Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- Afrocentric
- agnosticism
- anti-ideological
- article of faith
- ascription
- bubble
- creed
- have/take a notion todo somethingidiom
- helicopter view
- heretical
- hot take
- idea
- outlook
- point of view
- pole
- politics
- posture
- pretension
- prism
- tick