【modern音标】 英[ˈmɒdn] 美[ˈmɑ:dərn]
【单词释义】 modern是什么意思：
adj.现代的；时髦的；近代的；新式的；当代风格的
n.现代人，现代主义者；时髦人士；[印]现代字体，指印刷中所用的一种字体
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] moderns
【关联词/派生词】
modernization n.现代化，现代化的事物
modernize v. 使现代化；变得现代化
modernism n. 现代主义；现代思想；现代作风
【modern形近词/近似词】
govern v.统治；管理；支配
northern adj.北方的，北部的
southern adj.南方的，南部的；来自南方的
【单词例句】
◇ According to Dictionary.com, fall isn't a modern nickname that followed the more traditional autumn. The two terms are actually first recorded within a few hundred years of each other.
根据词典网站Dictionary.com，fall并不是秋天的传统说法autumn的现代别称。这两个说法最早的记录相距时间不到几百年。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ "It is commonly acknowledged that China has achieved significant progress in various sectors such as new energy, high-speed rail, modern information, new materials, and artificial intelligence, leading to robust growth in related industries and products," he added.
金平表示：“众所周知，中国在新能源、高铁、现代信息、新材料、人工智能等多个领域取得了长足进步，并带动相关产业和产品的强劲增长。”
---- China's stable economic growth crucial to boosting global
◇ During the Roman engagement process, a well-off suitor who could afford a ring would slip it over his bride-to-be's fourth finger. Thus, he'd always have a symbolic grip around her lover's vein. The modern world may have adopted that practice from the Romans.
在罗马人订婚的过程中，能买得起戒指的富有的求婚者会将戒指亲自戴到准新娘的无名指上，象征着他抓住了她的“爱情之脉”。现代人可能是从罗马人那里习得这种做法的。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ Whatever the outcome,it is obvious that technology will play an increasing part in our everyday lives.Beyond technology,digital convergence embraces the services,industrial practices and social behavior that form modern society.
不管结果如何，技术将在我们日常生活中起着越来越重要的作用。除了技术，数字集成还包括服务、商业经营和构成现代社会的种种行为。
◇ This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the modern refrigerator, had been invented.
因为一种新的家庭设备，冰箱，即现代冰箱的前身，被发明了。