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

• I'm also including modern-day approaches to computational theory, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary theory and cultural psychology.
  而这些理论则包括了，计算理论，认知神经科学，进化论，以及文化心理学的诸多当代理论。
• Disney Imagineers would be lost without the modern-day myths they use as the foundation for the experiences they build.
  如果没有现代社会的约定俗成，著名的迪斯尼幻想家们就失去了他们创建的体验基础。
• 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。
• A modern-day proBlem unknown in earlier times. All the sides of the question have come into focus now.
  在从前不为人所知的现代的问题现在问题的所有方面都清楚了。
• On the other hand, it is far from clear that he was a genuine worker of modern-day wonders.
  另一方面，他是当代奇迹的真正创造者-这一点十分模糊。
• The issue turned into a modern-day version of David and Goliath.
  这起事件演变成了现代版的大卫与歌利亚。
• And with the Kindle, he essentially helped transform the modern-day book.
  通过电子书阅读器Kindle，贝佐斯颠覆了现代的书籍模式。
• 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。
• But in the modern-day newspaper market, price is not necessarily the key issue.
  但在现代报纸市场，价格未必是关键问题。
• The modern-day sex symbol has now taken the place of the old-fashioned hero of yesteryear.
  现代的性感偶像现在已取代了往昔过时的英雄形象。