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

• 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 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；
• The film is a fabulous tale of witchcraft and wizardry set in modern-day Britain.
  这部影片以现代英国为背景，讲述了一个魔法无边的神奇故事。
• 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。
• Hall is angry at what he sees as a caricature of the training offered to modern-day social workers.
  在霍尔看来，当代社会工作者所受的培训被大肆夸大，他感到很气愤。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bosses have produced a modern-day drama about the fictional 19th Century detective and his sidekick.
  老大们根据19世纪名侦探和他的死党的小说改编了一部现代剧。
• 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。
• 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。