modern
'mɒdәnnoun, adjective
A11,438th most heard wordIn 96 of 2278 videos (4%)heard 148 timeslast on Oct 17, 2026
- n. a contemporary person
- n. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
- adj. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
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- 1:28And I started to install initially on a fairly modern Lenovo Yoga 7A, and that began to install, but it stopped.我最初尝试在一台相当现代的联想Yoga 7A上安装，安装程序启动了，但随后停止了。I Tried Daily Driving SteamOS
- 17:07So what often happens, like in a modern perspective, is lots of these old Scots words have found their way into modern Scottish English.所以，从现代的角度来看，经常发生的情况是，许多这些古老的苏格兰词汇已经融入了现代苏格兰英语。Learn Real British English With This Podcast - British Accents! | English Comprehensible Input B2
- 14:39Sometimes kind of controversial issues as well, and particularly in the modern media environment, I think people feel like you're trying to persuade or convince people or express a particular point of view.有时甚至是颇具争议的话题，特别是在现代媒体环境下，我认为人们总觉得你是在试图说服或劝导他人，或者是在表达某种特定的观点。How Tech Will (and Won’t) Replace Your Doctor | TED Intersections
- 20:19And something I noticed as well is that I could not understand the text at all because it was not modern English.我还注意到一点，我完全看不懂上面的文字，因为它不是现代英语。Learn Real-Life British English - At Stonehenge! | English Comprehensible Input B2
- 44:27Okay, so you have a fork in the road with Brian Johnson, and then Brian Johnson, Liver King on the other side, and there's a kid there, and the meme says, "Which way, modern man?好的，所以你面前有两条路，一边是布莱恩·约翰逊，另一边是布莱恩·约翰逊（肝脏之王），中间有个孩子，模因写着：“现代人，选哪条路？11 Marketing Rules Every YouTuber Needs to Know
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