modern
modern 英 [ˈmɒdn] 美 [ˈmɑdərn]
adj. 现代的；时髦的，摩登的
名词复数:moderns
- Modern means contemporary or in the now. A beehive hairdo is not so modern, though depending on the wearer, it could still be hip.
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- adj. 现代的；时髦的，摩登的
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1. the modern industrial world
当今工业世界
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2. Modern European history
欧洲近代史
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3. modern art, modern architecture, modern drama, modern jazz
现代艺术╱建筑╱戏剧╱爵士乐
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4. a modern computer system
时新的电脑系统
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5. She has very modern ideas about educating her children.
在教育子女方面，她有非常新式的观点。
- modern (adj.) c. 1500, "now existing;" 1580s, "of or pertaining to present or recent times;" from Middle French moderne (15c.) and directly from Late Latin modernus "modern" (Priscian, Cassiodorus), from Latin modo "just now, in a (certain) manner," from modo (adv.) "to the measure," ablative of modus "manner, measure" (from PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures"). Extended form modern-day attested from 1909.
- modern (n.) 1580s, "person of the present time" (contrasted to ancient, from modern (adj.). From 1897 as "one who is up to date."
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