| 单词 | modern |
| 释义 | mod·ern I. 1. a. < totem poles, therefore, are modern rather than prehistoric — R.W.Murray > < the difference between the classic and the modern notion of experience — John Dewey > < links ancient and modern in many ways — W.H.Ingrams > < modern thought … is a very recent affair, dating back only to the seventeenth century — Josiah Royce > specifically b. < bipartisanship in foreign policy is a modern development in American politics — Arthur Krock > < instruments available to modern government for the wider extension of wealth and well-being — Barbara Ward > c. < a modern look > < modern furnishings > < the second house is even more modern in appearance — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News > 2. < going to include in this addition and in this renovation modern electric wiring and modern plumbing and modern means of keeping the offices cool — F.D.Roosevelt > < a very modern and well-graded surface — L.D.Stamp > 3. obsolete < full of wise saws and modern instances — Shakespeare > 4. usually capitalized, of a language 5. Synonyms: see new II. 1. a. < the first modern to state in human terms the principles of democracy — John Dewey > b. < the hurried modern learns to speed quickly down a page, taking in a sentence or paragraph at a glance — Thomas Munro > < the threat of atomic warfare has prompted a mood of hysteria among many moderns — Reinhold Niebuhr > 2. < a complete modern, university educated, and trained as an administrator along European lines — Colin Wills > < furniture designed for young moderns > 3. < was making a name for himself as one of the moderns — Shirley A. Grau > < turned from his Provençal models except as he continued at times to translate them; he became a modern — Yvor Winters > 4. |
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