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present-day

/prez-uhnt-dey/US // ˈprɛz əntˈdeɪ //

现今,现今的,今天的,今朝

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.

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Examples

  • In his view, a writer has only one duty: to be present in his books.

  • He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”

  • Angelina Jolie was able to seemingly glide into the Vatican on Thursday to present her new film ‘Unbroken.’

  • For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

  • “We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.

  • But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.

  • The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.

  • Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.

  • Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.

  • The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.