modern 指现代或近代,时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。
contemporary 仅指当今这个时代,不涉及任何过去的时代。但可表示不同的人或物存在于同一时代。
current 指目前存在和发生的。
recent 表示新近的,最近的,时间的长短依据所修饰的人或物而定。
present 是这些词中语气最强的一个。指现在正发生、起作用的。
up-to-date 一般用于非正式场合,指很时新、能反映当前的最新发展。
参考例句
1. Without electricity, there would be no modern industry. 如果没有电,就不会有现代的工业。
2. The safety assessment is a modern means for management. 安全性评价是一种现代化的管理手段。
3. The school provides modern teaching facilities for its students. 学校为学生提供了现代化的教学设施。
英英解释
n.
1. a contemporary person
2. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape a adj.
1. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
2. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
3. characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
4. ahead of the times
5. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development