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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈmodern-day adjective [only before noun]  NOWexisting in the present time – used when comparing someone or something to a person or thing in the past 现代的,当代的 SYN present-day, contemporary She’s a modern-day Joan of Arc. 她是当代的圣女贞德。 The modern-day diet has too little fiber in it. 现代人的饮食中纤维含量太少。
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modern-dayHe listened to lengthy and completely spurious accounts by this modern-day alchemist of how his machine supposedly worked.You'd have thought that re-creating it on stage would have the same effect on a modern-day director.Gilliam's movie is a modern-day fairy tale.The modern-day locator has everything in its favour - provided only that it is fitted with a functioning battery.Alice, the Miracle Worker, was a modern-day phenomenon; why should the past play any part?This method of catching fish was an early form of modern-day trawling.They are the charts of a new frontier, modern-day versions of the maps made before ships circumnavigated the globe.
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modern-day
ˈmodern-day adjective [only before noun]
existing in the present time – used when comparing someone or something to a person or thing in the past
   SYN  present-day, contemporary:
    She’s a modern-day Joan of Arc.
    The modern-day diet has too little fiber in it.


modern-dayBrE /ˌmɒdn ˈdeɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɑːdərn ˈdeɪ/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] of the present time 现代的;当代的 SYN contemporary modern-day America当代美国used to describe a modern form of sb/sth, usually sb/sth bad or unpleasant, that existed in the past 现代版的,翻新的(通常用于消极事物)It has been called modern-day slavery. 人们称之为现代版的奴隶制度。🔊🔊