高中英语300核心词汇讲解(八)

219·modern adj.现代的n.现代人What do you think of modern art?你对现代艺术有何看法?She wears a modern dress.她穿着一件时髦的礼服。辨析:“现代的”“当代的”modern,contemporary modern指“现代的”“近代的”,如:modern history近代史。contemporary指“当代的”“同时代的”“属于同一时期的”,如:Dickens was contemporary with Thackeray.狄更斯与萨克莱属于同一时代。220·momentn.片刻,瞬间;力矩I dlike to speakto youfor a moment.我想和你谈一会儿。Myjobis not a very glamorous one but it does haveits mo-ments.我的工作虽不算十分吸引人,但也自有其乐趣所在。There is not a moment to be lost.刻不容缓。习惯用语at any moment随时;在任何时候;马上at moments时刻,常常at the moment此刻;(正当...