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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let us look at a few biblical and modern-day examples.
  让我们看几个圣经上的和现代生活里的例子。
• 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。
• 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。
• It has been called modern-day slavery.
  人们称之为现代版的奴隶制度。
• 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。
• 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。
• The film transposes Austen's comedy of manners to modern-day India.
  这部电影将奥斯丁的社交喜剧的背景换成了现代印度。