• adj. 現(xiàn)代的，近代的；時髦的
• n. 現(xiàn)代人；有思想的人

來自mode,模式，方式，尺度，-ern,形容詞后綴。引申詞義現(xiàn)存的，最新的模式，現(xiàn)代的。

modern

modern: [16] Latin modus (source of English mode and model) meant ‘measure’. Its ablative form modō hence originally denoted ‘to the measure’, but it subsequently came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘just now’. And in postclassical times an adjective modernus was derived from it, signifying ‘of the present time’ – source, via French, of English modern. At first it was used strictly for ‘of the present moment’, but before the end of the 16th century the now familiar sense ‘of the present age’ had begun to emerge.
=> mode, model

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" (see mode (n.1)). Extended form modern-day attested from 1909.

In Shakespeare, often with a sense of "every-day, ordinary, commonplace." Slang abbreviation mod first attested 1960. Modern art is from 1807 (by contrast to ancient); modern dance first attested 1912; first record of modern jazz is from 1954. Modern conveniences first recorded 1926.

modern (n.)

1580s, "person of the present time" (contrasted to ancient, from modern (adj.). From 1897 as "one who is up to date."

1. We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

我們正在經(jīng)歷現(xiàn)代最嚴(yán)重的一段經(jīng)濟衰退。

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2. In many ways, it was a very modern school for its time.

從很多方面來說，這所學(xué)校在當(dāng)時是非常先進的。

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3. This boxed collection captures 64 of the greatest modern love songs.

這套盒裝專輯收錄了64首最好聽的當(dāng)代愛情歌曲。

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4. Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.

現(xiàn)在的房子大多質(zhì)量差勁透頂，肯定都是偷工減料蓋起來的。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The telephone is one of the great tyrannies of modern life.

電話是現(xiàn)代生活中讓人最反感的必需品之一。

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