最新方式做的
從「屬於現在」延伸：既然是當下的，自然用的是當下最新的設計、機器和做法，所以拿來形容東西「新式、先進」。
up-to-date design or tech · adjective · A2
Made or done using the newest designs, machines, or ways of doing things.
新式的
核心畫面
Belonging to right-now rather than to the past — the present time, as opposed to the old days. From that anchor in 'now', it also colours things made the newest way, the newest art styles, and up-to-date thinking.
可以想成：屬於「現在這個時代」，而不是過去——站在時間軸的此刻這一端，和「以前、老早以前」相對。抓住這個「當下、最新…更多收起
可以想成：屬於「現在這個時代」，而不是過去——站在時間軸的此刻這一端，和「以前、老早以前」相對。抓住這個「當下、最新」的定點之後，這個字就順著延伸去形容：用最新方式做的東西、最新的藝術風格、以及跟得上時代的想法。From the picture
現代藝術風格
同樣從「當下」延伸，但落在藝術上：指那些和傳統大不相同的新風格，是這個時代才出現的表現方式。
modern art style · adjective · A2
Using new styles in art, music, or dance that are very different from older, traditional styles.
現代（藝術風格）的
觀念跟得上時代
再從「當下」延伸到人的腦袋裡：抱持的是新的、跟得上時代的想法和做法，而不是老一套。
modern attitudes · adjective · A2
Having new, up-to-date ideas or ways of behaving instead of old ones.
觀念新的
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present-day · adjective · A2
Belonging to the present time or to the most recent period, not the past.
現代的
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
modernadj/ˈmɒd.ən/
- 1
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
- Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
- But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].
- 2
historyhuman-sciencessciencesPertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
modernnoun/ˈmɒd.ən/
- 1
Someone who lives in modern times.
- The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.
- What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。