N-PLURAL 近代语言，现代语言(指作为学校课程学习的法、德、俄等欧洲国家的近代语言)Modern languages refers to the modern European languages, for example French, German, and Russian, which are studied at school or university. 近代语言，现代语言(指作为学校课程学习的法、德、俄等欧洲国家的近代语言)
...head of modern languages at a London grammar school.