I had little acquaintance with modern poetry.

我对现代诗所知甚少。

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These old concepts are irreconcilable with modern life.

这些旧观念与现代生活是相互对立的。

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The public areas offer a subtle blend of traditional charm with modern amenities.

这些公共场所表现出对传统魅力与现代设施的巧妙结合。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

For Faulkner, Popeye represents everything that is wrong with modern society and its concern with economic capitalism.

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I think the sort of skepticism I mean arises from what one might call and what often is called modernity not to be confused with Modernism, an early twentieth-century phenomenon, but the history of modern thought as it usually derives from the generation of Descartes, Shakespeare, and Cervantes.

我所说的怀疑主义,产生于我们通常说的现代性,不要与20世纪早期的，现代主义搞混了，现代性是现代思想的历史,始于笛卡尔，莎士比亚和塞万提斯一代。

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As he puts it in the dedication of his most famous book, he writes that this book The Prince "is a product of long experience with modern things " and a continuous reading of the ancient ones."

从而催生出,他最呕心沥血的大作，他笔下的《君王论》,“是一部,对现代事物长久体验,与持续阅读古籍的结晶“

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Vietnamese-born chef Tuoi Do does a fabulous job of creating classic Southeast Asian dishes with modern Australian twist.

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The interior is furnished with modern minimalistic influence creating an elegant and traditional atmosphere.

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Large parts of Siberia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia have not even been explored with modern kit.

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