modern-day America
当代美国
It has been called modern-day slavery.
人们称之为现代版的奴隶制度。
1.现代的
1.existing or happening in the present
2.existing in the present, but similar to someone or something that existed in the past
1.Some consumers even consider shopping to be something of a sport, perhaps even the modern-day national pastime.
不过有的消费者却把购物视为一项体育运动，甚至是当下国民消磨时间的方式。
2."Imagine a spider silk vest, capable of catching bullets, the modern day equivalent of Genghis Khan's arrows, " she said.
她说：“想象一下可以挡住子弹的蜘蛛丝背心，子弹就相当于成吉思汗的箭。”
3.You may be dealing with a modern day Napoleon in the office if your manager demands the unachievable from her subordinates.
如果你的经理强求她的下属完成不可能任务，那你可能就是遭遇了现代办公室拿破仑。
4.Bambiraptor had a keen sniffer similar to that of a modern-day turkey vulture.
斑比盗龙拥有与现代的土耳其秃鹰一样敏锐的嗅觉。
5.The Billings were a modern-day, magnanimous sort of Brady Bunch -- each had two children from previous marriages.
比林斯夫妇是现代版的布雷迪家庭——两个人在前一段婚姻中都生育过两个孩子。
6.Bloody hell, I felt good after that performance, as if I was in a low-budget, modern-day version of Robin Hood.
哇塞，说完这句话感觉超棒，仿佛我就是现代版的罗宾汉。
7.For a small but increasingly high-profile number of young women in modern-day China, true love is all about the numbers.
当代中国，对一小部分但人数正逐年增加的高调年轻女士来说，真爱就是数字。
8.In a backyard of this dusty, isolated town in the heart of Australia's outback are signs of a modern-day gold rush.
卡尔古利这个位于澳大利亚内陆的尘土飞扬的偏远小镇正显露出现代淘金热的种种迹象。
9.More than once, Mr Blair suggests that the role of a modern-day prime minister is like that of a corporate CEO.
布莱尔不止一次指出，现代社会中首相的角色就像公司总裁一样。
10.It was also possible that modern-day researchers might have missed important clues about where Cleopatra was buried.
对当代的研究者来说，遗漏一些重要的关于克里欧佩特拉墓葬的线索也是有可能的。