Striving to be modern in appearance or style but lacking taste or refinement; pretentious.
做作地追求现代 的力求具有现代样式或外观但不 雅观或缺少品味 的；
And so to hot, humid Saigon itself, a place that manages to be modern and moribund at the same time.
在西贡这个又热又潮湿的地方，现代与破败共存。
At the same time it had to be modern, learning from traditional architecture but not copying it.
同时它必须是现代的，传统建筑，但学习不能复制它。
Fairley's chapter on modern programming languages highlighted major features we considered to be modern in 1985.
Fairley在关于现代编程语言的章节，突出了我们在1985年考虑的新主要功能。
Neanderthals are believed to be modern humans' closest ancestor, and some scientists view both as the same species.
尼安·德塔人被认为是现代人最接近的远祖，有些科学家甚至把两者看做是同一个物种。
"The prevailing attitude at the moment is more is better - more pesticides and more fertilizer - because farmers believe that to use more is to be modern," she says.
“现在，大家的普遍态度是越多越好-农药和肥料越多越好，因为农民们认为这些东西用得多才符合潮流， ”她说。
To be modern, most people think that it is something of a manner of dress or a manner of speaking or certain habits and customs, but that is not really being modern.
为了时髦，多数人认为那是服装款式或者说话的方式或者一种行为习惯，但那不是真正的时髦。
As a typical representative of creative industry, animation industry has been considered to be modern society's "smokeless industry" sunrise industry of the 21st century.
作为创意产业的典型代表，动漫业被认为是现代社会的“无烟工业”、21世纪的朝阳产业。
The spirit of Liu Jiming's novels tends to be modern, with the disintegration of individuals and the destruction of reason reflected in his works as the externalization of his tragic tone.
刘继明小说的精神趋向是现代性的，他在小说中所展示的个体的崩溃、理性的毁灭是其悲观基调的外涉。
When we create new scarves, the idea is not to shock, but rather to start out by surprising ourselves, to be modern without ignoring our past, to create very beautiful objects born of encounters.
每当我们设计新款丝巾时，我们的想法并不是要让他人惊讶，而是首先要能让我们自己惊喜，既要现代，又绝不抛弃过去，在各式各样的邂逅相遇中创作美丽的作品。
Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.
亨利•穆尔被认为是现代英国雕塑之父。
Sad to say, the moral decline of the younger generations may be a rather explosive situation in our modern society.
不幸的是，在我们现代社会中，年轻一代的道德下降可能是一种爆炸性的情况。
The printing, the books, I'm very attached to all that kind of thing that may not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world.
各类印刷品和书籍，我都非常喜欢，虽然这些在现代人眼里并不是那么有趣。
In the 1980's, however, Bakker's contention began to be questioned, as a number of scientists found growth rings in the bones of various dinosaurs that are much like those in modern reptiles.
然而，到了20世纪80年代，巴克的论点开始受到质疑，因为许多科学家在各种恐龙的骨骼中发现了与现代爬行动物相似的生长环。
As more and more examples come to light and modern genetics enters the scene, that principle is having to be rewritten.
随着越来越多的案例浮出水面，随着现代遗传学进入人们的视野，这一原则不得不被改写。
About 75% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems.
到2050年，全球约75%的人口将居住在城市，因此城市需要更加现代化才能应对未来的问题。
It may be to be perceived as more approachable, or more modern and stylish.
它可能会被视为更平易近人，或更现代和时尚。
For another, it may be to be perceived as more approachable, or more modern and stylish.
另一方面，它可能会被视为更平易近人，或更现代和时尚。
Life is not as hard as it used to be, but many of the older Inuits hate modern life and want to go back to the old days.
生活不像以前那么艰难了，但是许多年老的因纽特人讨厌现代生活，想回到过去的日子去。
As the pace of modern life continues to quicken, the pressure seems to be on the increase all the time.
随着现代生活节奏的不断加快，压力似乎一直在增加。
When people today are shown a very ordinary Roman pot and, in particular, are allowed to handle it, they often comment on how modern it looks and feels, and they need to be convinced of its true age.
当今天的人们看到一个非常普通的罗马罐，特别是被允许把玩它的时候，他们常常会评论它看起来和摸起来有多现代，他们很难相信其实际年龄。
Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.
我们的社会需要让人们能够想象这样一种可能性：有人既能够完全适应现代技术，又能理解这个动态、令人困惑的世界。
Claire asked the school board to add solar panels to the project. Because, she explained, clean energy would be helpful to a really modern school.
克莱尔请求学校董事会将太阳能电池板的使用纳入项目。她解释说是因为清洁能源的使用有助于学校现代化建设。
Thanks to modern fog catchers, enough water can be made for a whole town!
多亏了现代雾收集器，可以为整个城镇制造充足的水！
In addition, with the development of modern technology, tidal energy can be stored and used to produce electricity continuously.
此外，随着现代技术的发展，潮汐能可以储存起来用于持续发电。
While still catching up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category.
尽管在现代生活的某些方面，女性仍然在努力追赶男性，但是至少在一个不那么受欢迎的领域，女性似乎遥遥领先。
When the Iceman was discovered by tourists in 1991, the well-preserved body was first thought to be a modern corpse.
当1991年冰人奥茨被游客发现时，这具保存完好的冰川木乃伊尸体最初被认为是一具现代人的尸体。
It will always be difficult to predict how modern technologies will interact with popular discontent.
想要预测到现代通讯技术是如何与民众的不满互动起来，那真是太难了。
It will always be difficult to predict how modern technologies will interact with popular discontent.
想要预测到现代通讯技术是如何与民众的不满互动起来，那真是太难了。
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