in modern times

基本解释

Its most ambitious use in modern times came in 1961, when the city of Tacoma in Washington built an underground "escalade" of moving sidewalks.
它在现代最为雄心勃勃的应用出现在1961年，华盛顿州的塔科马港市修建了一个移动人行道的“攀梯”。
Heat waves rarely make lists of the deadliest natural disasters, but in modern times their death tolls have surpassed other phenomena in the United States.
热浪很少列入了最惨重的自然灾害，但在近代，在美国由此引起的死亡人数已经超过了其他的自然现象。
As in modern times, ancient athletes, even though they made pledges of fairness in competition, sought our every advantage, legal or illegal, in order to win.
像现代一样，古代的运动员，尽管他们发誓要公平竞赛，但是为了取胜，他们会设法获取各种优势，不管是合法的还是非法的。

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As it's evolved in modern times, the corporation has a charter or bylaws.
而如今,这些关系得到了改进,公司有了许可证和规章制度
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Here is a picture of a cover from the journal--the magazine The Economist who were writing about food and nutrition in modern times and they created this graphic for the website to show the evolution of humans.
这是来自《经济学人》杂志的一篇关于,现代食品和营养的报道,他们为网站制作了这张图,来演示人类的演化过程
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Ever since, he has proven to be one of the most elusive criminals in modern times.
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