modernity

/məˈdɜːnəti/ (bre, ipa) · /məˈdɜːrnəti/ (ame, ipa) · /mə-ˈdər-nə-tē mä-, -ˈder-/ (ame, mw)

modernity — 名詞

1. the quality of showing present-day style, ideas, or technology instead of older

1.名詞C1
釋義

現代性

呈現當代風格或思維的特質

the quality of showing present-day style, ideas, or technology instead of older ways

例句

Visitors noticed the station's modernity in its bright screens and open layout.

訪客從明亮的電子看板和開放的動線，看出了這座車站的現代性。

the modernity of a place shown through visible design features

Élise admired the modernity of the clinic's touch-screen check-in desk.

Élise 很欣賞那間診所報到觸控螢幕所展現的現代性。

the modernity of + noun pattern

同義詞
  • modernness

    a more literal but less common way to name the same general quality

  • up-to-dateness

    stresses being current and not old-fashioned, especially in features or information

  • contemporaneity

    more academic; focuses on belonging to the same time period rather than style

反義詞
  • traditionalism

    emphasises keeping older ideas, values, or methods instead of newer ones

  • datedness

    focuses on seeming old or no longer current

文法句型

the modernity of + noun

noun + modernity

用法筆記

Often appears in phrases like 'the modernity of the design' or 'the building's modernity'. It usually comments on style, technology, or social attitudes rather than naming one new object by itself.

常見錯誤

❌The office has many modernities.
✅The office has a lot of modernity.
💡This noun is usually uncountable when talking about a modern quality in general.
❌They modernity the school with new computers.
✅They modernized the school with new computers.
💡'modernity' is a noun; use 'modernize' when you mean 'make something more modern'.