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the modernity of [noun]
表示“某事物的现代性”，通常带定冠词 the。
The modernity of the city's architecture attracts many visitors.
这座城市建筑的现代感吸引了许多游客。
现代性；现代状态
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现代性；现代状态
the quality of being current or of the present
The modernity of the city's architecture attracts many visitors.
这座城市建筑的现代感吸引了许多游客。
现代性,当代性。
The quality of being modern or contemporary.
现代性；当代性
the quality of being current or of the present
现代,当代。
Modern times.
当代史学中现代时期的性质。
Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.
The design of the new library reflects a clean sense of modernity.
新图书馆的设计体现出一种简洁的现代性。
AI contextual example
Some people feel that modernity has weakened family traditions.
有些人觉得现代性削弱了家庭传统。
AI contextual example
The city keeps its old buildings while embracing modernity.
这座城市在拥抱现代性的同时保留了旧建筑。
AI contextual example
a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
购物中心会给这个村庄注入现代气息。
WordNet
表示“某事物的现代性”，通常带定冠词 the。
The modernity of the city's architecture attracts many visitors.
这座城市建筑的现代感吸引了许多游客。
in modernity 意为“在现代；在现代社会”，常作时间状语。
These customs seem strange in modernity.
这些习俗在现代社会看来很奇怪。
modernity 作为抽象名词一般不可数，谓语用单数。
Modernity is not always desirable.
现代性并不总是可取的。
Not this
The modern of this city attracts many tourists.
Use this
The modernity of this city attracts many tourists.
modern 是形容词，不能直接作宾语表达‘现代性’；应改用名词 modernity。
Not this
The modernization of this design makes it look fresh.
Use this
The modernity of this design makes it look fresh.
modernization 指‘现代化’这一过程，不表示‘现代性’这一状态或特质；要表达‘现代的特征’须用 modernity。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
现代性状况
The condition of modernity demands constant adaptation.
现代性状况要求不断适应。
现代性规划
The project of modernity has been challenged by postmodern thinkers.
现代性规划受到了后现代思想家的挑战。
晚期现代性
The spread of social media is a defining feature of late modernity.
社交媒体的普及是晚期现代性的一个典型特征。
现代性与传统
The film explores the conflict between modernity and tradition.
这部电影探讨了现代性与传统之间的冲突。
对现代性的批判
The philosopher offers a radical critique of modernity.
这位哲学家对现代性进行了激进的批判。
现代性体验
The city's architecture reflects the experience of modernity.
这座城市的建筑体现了现代性体验。
现代性的曙光
The invention of the printing press marked the dawn of modernity.
印刷术的发明标志着现代性的曙光。
现代性的进程
The march of modernity has changed rural life forever.
现代性的进程永远改变了乡村生活。
现代性的弊病
The ills of modernity include social isolation and environmental damage.
现代性的弊病包括社会孤立和环境破坏。
我所说的现代性，是指短暂的、易逝的、偶然的；它是艺术的一半，另一半是永恒不变的。
In his famous essay The Painter of Modern Life, Baudelaire defines modernity as the ephemeral, the fugitive, and the contingent.
波德莱尔在其著名文章《现代生活的画家》中，将现代性定义为短暂的、易逝的、偶然的。
Use modernity naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把modern（现代）和ity（名词后缀）连起来，记住modernity就是“现代的状态”，像手机系统更新到最新。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、文学批评、社会学讨论 现代性（modernity）通常用于学术或正式语境，指现代社会的特征或状态；日常口语中比较少见，多用于社会学、哲学、文化研究等领域的讨论。
真正押韵的词：eternity、fraternity、maternity、paternity 与 modernity 都有重读的 /ɝ/ + /nəti/ 结尾。拼写相近但不押韵：modern 拼写含 modernity 的开头，但没有 /nəti/ 结尾；vanity 以 -ity 结尾，但重读元音是 /æ/ 而非 /ɝ/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.