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present-day

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈpresent-day adjective [only before noun]  NOWmodern or existing now 现代的;当今的,当前的 present-day Sicily 今日西西里
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present-dayThe colonists settled near present-day Charleston.It provides a useful point of departure for a historian of the present-day civil rights movement in the Soviet Union.To do so is perhaps to judge the Renaissance too much by present-day criteria.Yesterday's public enemies and villains have a habit of becoming present-day cult figures.A superficial reading of this passage might suggest little practical relevance for present-day dealings in employment situations.His present-day detractors might well ponder what would have happened to the country had he died.In looking at the present-day prison system, I shall draw on all these published sources.In present-day western society, most patients will need some dietary therapy and postural correction.
ˈpresent-day adjectiveChineseSyllable
modern existing or Corpus now


present-day
ˈpresent-day adjective [only before noun]
modern or existing now:
    present-day Sicily