| 英语单词 | modernity |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [mə'dɜːnəti] 美 [mə'dɜːrnəti] |
| 中文释义 | n.现代性;现代作风;现代性的东西 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Modernity gives birth to the forces against itself. (2) Novelty is not originality nor modernity. (3) Here antiquity and modernity mingle harmoniously. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 现代性孕育出了与其自身对抗的力量。 (2) 新奇不是原创,亦不现代。 (3) 古老与现代在这里融合。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Use the noun modernity when you're talking about the newness of something, like the modernity of the new, sleek skyscraper in your city. |
| vocabulary扩展 | When something is contemporary — it feels like it belongs in the present day — you might take note of its modernity. Sometimes people use the word to discuss something old that's becoming more modern, or attempting to find its place today. You could talk about the balance between tradition and modernity in the Hindu faith, for example. The root of modernity is the Latin word modernus, "modern." |
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