They came from a home built by the Assyrian ruler Sargon the Second in modern day Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

He has much the same function and to some degree much of the same personality as what we would call a modern day CEO, that is to say there is a kind of anonymity and impersonality about the sovereign.

在一定程度上讲,他有着我们今天所谓的CEO的,一些义务和特性，也就是说,君主兼有一种非人格化的特性。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He died in 323, when he was not yet 33-years-old, and he died in Babylon of a fever, that is, of course, modern day Iraq.

他死于公元前323年，未满33岁，在巴比伦死于疟疾，也就是现代伊拉克。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

"Next spring, I'm going to release a book set in the modern day world but a fantasy based on Egyptian mythology, bringing all those old Egyptian gods back to life."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

O'Hanlon says even though the aim of modern day terrorists is to force a change in policy, so far,the tactics do not work.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

It's a show and competition in which modern-day cowboys ride bucking horses and ornery bulls.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

The United States is often a destination for many of these victims, where they are held in what many human rights activists consider modern day slavery.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13