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)

Collins.1

牛津词典

adj.

• 现代的；当代的
  of the present time
  1. modern-day America
     当代美国
• 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

• ADJ 现代的;当代的
  Modern-dayis 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

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。