modern-looking
2.When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.
6.Today is undoubtedly the golden age of graphic design. Both ages have similar social environment and same issues of design, such as the debates between traditional and modern, eastern and western. When we are heading forward, we may take some time looking back and using history as our guide and mirror.
7.The eastern region should quicken the pace of upgrading its industrial structure, develop modern agriculture, high and new technology industries and high value-added processing and manufacturing industries and further develop the outward-looking economy.
8.Abstract: The modern plastic surgery,accompanied with western medical science,was transmitted to our country by missionary since the opium war(1840).By looking into the medical journal,literature materials published before 1949,it may be confirmed that the department of plastic surgery first appeared in 1934 and was established by Dr.Ni Bao-chun.At the same time,this author found 27 papers totally belong to plastic surgery in that historical stage and the contents of these papers would basically reflected the scientific level during that period.It might be considered that by then the plastic surgery in our country is in a primitive period.
同义词辨析
这些形容词均有“现代的,当代的”之意。
modern : 指现代或近代,时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。
contemporary: 仅指当今这个时代,不涉及任何过去的时代。但可表示不同的人或物存在于同一时代。
current: 指目前存在和发生的。
recent: 表示新近的,最近的,时间的长短依据所修饰的人或物而定。
present: 是这些词中语气最强的一个。指现在正发生、起作用的。
up-to-date: 一般用于非正式场合,指很时新、能反映当前的最新发展。

