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单词 modern English
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Definition of modern English in English:

modern English

noun
mass noun
  • The English language as it has been since about 1500.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since the Vikings came from different parts of Scandinavia they all used their own dialect of Old Norse although the basic language was the same (much like modern English, American and Australian).
    • Although not separated by the same chasm of time, modern European poetry in translation is increasingly taking a similar approach, giving us, as it were, Shakespeare in modern English idiom.
    • It is generally accepted that modern English literature was born in the second half of the 16th Century which was coeval with the Age of Elizabeth and the Renaissance.
    • I keep falling over early modern English women writing in Latin - nice to have my impression that there were many more around than is generally recognised.
    • I would recommend this volume to specialists in early modern English literature and culture, social historians, and students of literary history, intellectual history, and women's studies.
    • Old English looks much like German and looks strange to us modern English speakers.
    • It's not that hard to translate to modern English.
    • She pursues her task ambitiously, tirelessly, and scrupulously through the major texts of three canonical writers of early modern English literature.
    • This is true of modern English as surely as it was true of ancient languages, including the Greek in which the New Testament was written.
    • One historian assures us that modern English speakers would no doubt consider that educated persons of that period spoke in a ‘reprehensible’ manner.
    • He knows classical and modern English literature as few Englishmen or Americans know it, and can quote entire paragraphs from the most unexpected authors.
    • For example, it is unlikely a speaker of Old English would know modern English, but may have a few clues as to the use of words.
    • But it clearly isn't part of modern English idiom.
    • This raises an interesting question of what Shakespeare wrote in if not modern English.
    • It updates ‘The Canterbury Tales’ into modern English and sets it within the context of contemporary Chaucer storytelling competition.
    • This up-to-date reference book lays out and explains the meanings of allusions in use in modern English language.
    • Old English has a slightly different alphabet to modern English, including three letters which we don't have.
    • Is Ulysses the greatest achievement in modern English literature?
    • It seems like a pretty direct translation/adaptation into modern English but that may be its only virtue.
    • It treats Mark's Gospel as we hear it in worship, in modern English translation.

Definition of modern English in US English:

modern English

nounˈˌmädərn ˈiNGliSHˈˌmɑdərn ˈɪŋlɪʃ
  • The English language as it has been since about 1500.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Old English looks much like German and looks strange to us modern English speakers.
    • Although not separated by the same chasm of time, modern European poetry in translation is increasingly taking a similar approach, giving us, as it were, Shakespeare in modern English idiom.
    • Since the Vikings came from different parts of Scandinavia they all used their own dialect of Old Norse although the basic language was the same (much like modern English, American and Australian).
    • This raises an interesting question of what Shakespeare wrote in if not modern English.
    • This is true of modern English as surely as it was true of ancient languages, including the Greek in which the New Testament was written.
    • This up-to-date reference book lays out and explains the meanings of allusions in use in modern English language.
    • He knows classical and modern English literature as few Englishmen or Americans know it, and can quote entire paragraphs from the most unexpected authors.
    • Is Ulysses the greatest achievement in modern English literature?
    • I would recommend this volume to specialists in early modern English literature and culture, social historians, and students of literary history, intellectual history, and women's studies.
    • It updates ‘The Canterbury Tales’ into modern English and sets it within the context of contemporary Chaucer storytelling competition.
    • One historian assures us that modern English speakers would no doubt consider that educated persons of that period spoke in a ‘reprehensible’ manner.
    • Old English has a slightly different alphabet to modern English, including three letters which we don't have.
    • For example, it is unlikely a speaker of Old English would know modern English, but may have a few clues as to the use of words.
    • It's not that hard to translate to modern English.
    • But it clearly isn't part of modern English idiom.
    • She pursues her task ambitiously, tirelessly, and scrupulously through the major texts of three canonical writers of early modern English literature.
    • It is generally accepted that modern English literature was born in the second half of the 16th Century which was coeval with the Age of Elizabeth and the Renaissance.
    • It treats Mark's Gospel as we hear it in worship, in modern English translation.
    • I keep falling over early modern English women writing in Latin - nice to have my impression that there were many more around than is generally recognised.
    • It seems like a pretty direct translation/adaptation into modern English but that may be its only virtue.
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