- 1當今的、現今的。放在名詞前。
Present-day means “of now” — the world as it is, not as it was. We usually put it before a noun: present-day English, present-day , present-day science. It is a calm, slightly formal way to say “today’s.” Though actually, it is not quite the same as modern. Modern can name a whole era (modern art, modern history, which may already be a hundred years old). Present-day is narrower: this period we are living in. It is an adjective, and it keeps the when it sits in front of a noun. “The present day” (with the) is a noun phrase meaning now; “present-day” is the describing word. You would not say “This building is present-day” as freely as “This is a present-day building”; after the noun, current or modern often sounds more natural. Nothing here is a gift. That present is a different word that only looks the same.
present-day 的意思是現在的、當今的，指我們正在生活的這個世界，而不是過去的樣子。它通常放在名詞前，像「present-day ＿＿」，例如 English 或 Taipei，語氣平穩、略微正式，有點像說「今天的」。它的範圍比 modern 窄：modern 可以指整個時代，甚至已經一百年，present-day 則只指現在這段時期。加了 the 的「the present day」是名詞，表示現在；present-day 是形容詞。
組成present (the time we are in) + day. A compound adjective, usually hyphenated.
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- presentthe ‘now’ sense of present, not the gift
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
present-dayadj
- 1
In existence now; current or contemporary.
- Antlers and horns have been the insignia of devils and black magicians from time immemorial, and are worn by present-day witch doctors.
- As for the present diesel main line units of 2,000 to 2,300 h.p. on the London Midland and Western Regions, they can offer little more than the maintenance of present-day schedules - well below modern European speed standards - [...].
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