modern-day en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Current; of the present.
Modern-day Greek is a lot different from ancient Greek, or koine.
The Yongping garrison was located between Siming prefecture and Môn Châu, or modern-day Na Cham. The Qianlong garrison was located at modern-day Shangsi county in southern Guangxi.
2007, James Anderson, “Notes”, in The Rebel Den of Nùng Trí Cao: Loyalty and Identity Along the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier, University of Washington Press; NUS Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 213:And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 13:Of course, modern-day theories debunk that idea.
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(informal, not-comparable) Used to designate a present-day version of someone or something in history.
Lambert had been on the pitch only three minutes when he rose, in the style of a modern-day Nat Lofthouse, to score with the arching, powerful header that completely changed the emphasis on a night when Roy Hodgson's team had, at times, exhausted the patience of their home crowd.
2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, “Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland”, in The Guardian:That couple led police on a wild goose chase like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde!
Translations (10)
cmn 現代的 /现代的 (current) · cmn 當代版本的 /当代版本的 (used to designate a present-day version of someone or something in history) · fi nyky- (current) · fi nykyinen (used to designate a present-day version of someone or something in history) · fr des temps modernes (used to designate a present-day version of someone or something in history) · cmn 現在的 /现在的 (current) · fi nykyinen (current) · pl współczesny (used to designate a present-day version of someone or something in history) · cmn 當今的 /当今的 (current) · pl współczesny (current)