modern-day 英 [ˈmɔdən dei]   美 [ˈmɑdən de]

modern-day

modern-day  英 [ˈmɔdən dei] 美 [ˈmɑdən de]

adj. 当代的;今日的 

Some experts say they are modern-day victims of an antiquated system. 一些专家说他们是一个古旧制度的现代牺牲者。
The hanging gardens are said to have stood on the banks of the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq, although there's some doubt as to whether they ever really existed. 尽管现在对巴比伦的“空中花园”是否曾经真的有存在过仍旧有些怀疑,但是传说它是矗立在现代伊拉克的幼发拉底河堤岸边。

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  • adj. 当代的;今日的
  • 1. Some experts say they are modern-day victims of an antiquated system.

    一些专家说他们是一个古旧制度的现代牺牲者。

  • 2. The hanging gardens are said to have stood on the banks of the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq, although there's some doubt as to whether they ever really existed.

    尽管现在对巴比伦的“空中花园”是否曾经真的有存在过仍旧有些怀疑,但是传说它是矗立在现代伊拉克的幼发拉底河堤岸边。

  • 3. I had no idea what would happen to them or where the film would go, but I knew that I had found an amazing family; a modern-day version of the Joads from The Grapes of Wrath.

    我不知道会有什么事情发生在他们身上或是电影走向何处,但是我知道自己发现了一个令人惊喜的家庭,现代版愤怒的葡萄的约德一家。

ˌmodern-ˈday / ; NAmE / adjective [only before noun ] 1 of the present time 现代的;当代的 SYN contemporary modern-day America 当代美国 2 used to describe a modern form of sb/sth, usually sb/sth bad or unpleasant, that existed in the past 现代版的,翻新的(通常用于消极事物) It has been called modern-day slavery. 人们称之为现代版的奴隶制度。 ˌmodern-ˈday / ; NAmE /
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