modernity
US /məˈdɜ:rnəti/
・UK /məˈdɜ:nəti/
B1 中級
n. (u.)不可數名詞現代性 ； 現代作風 ； 現代性的東西
The old man found modernity confusing
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為什麼我們談戀愛需要慢慢來？❤️ (Why We Need to Take It Slowly in Love)
- Such self-possession might sound denying and sad. Why such miserliness? Modernity was supposed to have liberated us from decorum. We were supposed to have been able to let go of rigmaroles of propriety for the untrammelled callings of our hearts. But slowness does not necessarily need to have anything to do with prudishness or social moors. It can be where we land once we have built up a more profound understanding of the psychology of love. Whatever we may tell ourselves, love is far from being simply all we humans want. However heady and beautiful it might appear from a distance, it is something that may, in actuality, terrify us as much as it delights us, something we are as much tempted to flee as to embrace. Caution is therefore logical. To stand helpless and vulnerable before another human, to hope that they will see us as we are and still care for us, opens us up to a genuine and uncommon risk of devastation.
這樣的自持聽起來可能會讓人感到拒絕和悲哀。為何如此吝嗇？現代性本應將我們從禮儀中解放出來。我們本應能夠放下禮教的束縛，聽從內心無拘無束的召喚。但是，"慢 "並不一定與謹小慎微或社會荒原有關。一旦我們對愛的心理有了更深刻的理解，它就會成為我們的落腳點。無論我們如何告訴自己，愛情遠非我們人類想要的全部。無論從遠處看，它多麼令人陶醉，多麼美麗，但實際上，它可能會讓我們感到恐懼，也可能會讓我們感到高興，我們既想逃離，也想擁抱。是以，謹慎是合乎邏輯的。無助而脆弱地站在另一個人面前，希望他們看到我們的真實面目並依然關
- Modernity was supposed to have liberated us from decorum.
相比之下，成熟的愛情介於驚慌失措的匆忙和同樣驚慌失措的隱忍之間，枯燥但美好。它的特點是自信、冷靜和自持。它的本質是耐心。健康的夫妻有足夠的能力去思考：我喜歡他們，但我還不瞭解他們。我希望他們留在我身邊，但我可以忍受沒有他們的生活。我被他們吸引，但我沒有必要按自己的慾望行事。會有時間的聽起來很聰明。事實上，這通常是一種更自動、更本能的東西，是可靠、充滿愛的成長環境的遺產。
歐洲為何高樓稀少？BBC Global 揭密！ (Why Europe has so few skyscrapers | BBC Global)
- Skyscrapers, to some, they're the ultimate symbol of progress and modernity;
對某些人來說，摩天大樓是進步和現代化的終極象徵；
- To some they're the ultimate symbol of progress and modernity.
對其他人來說，這是自然地平線上一個醜陋的汙點。
安德魯馬爾 2016/05/29 瓦魯法基斯、福克斯、布萊爾 (Andrew Marr 29/May/2016 Varoufakis, Fox, Blair)
- far more to do with practicality and understanding modernity and the way
並在政治舞臺上重新獲得動力，因為我相信我們今天面臨的許多問題，與其說是意識形態
- Personally, I would like to see the centre and by that I mean the centre-left and the centre-right get its grip back and its traction back on the political scene because I honestly do believe that a lot of the solutions to the problems we face today are less about ideology and far more to do with practicality and understanding modernity and the way that the modern world works.
降臨到我們、降臨到歐洲大陸，以及降臨到
臺灣今日10個令人震驚的真實生活面貌 | 旅行紀錄片 (10 Shocking Realities About Life In Taiwan Today | Travel Documentary)
- One of Taiwan's most remarkable achievements is how it has preserved traditional Chinese culture while embracing modernity and democracy.
臺灣最突出的成就之一是在擁抱現代和民主的同時，保留了中國傳統文化。
- One of Taiwan's most remarkable achievements is how it has preserved traditional Chinese culture while embracing modernity and democracy.
風靡全球的泡沫紅茶就起源於這些市場，象徵著臺灣如何將傳統元素融入到全新的事物中。
為什麼你現在就應該離開基督教*？ (Reasons to Leave Christianity* RIGHT NOW)
- But when other Jews come to the table and say, yeah, like the way you interpret that halacha, that Jewish legal ruling, in a very conservative way, isn't actually grounded in the tradition, and you're only doing that as a response to modernity, now they have to play ball.
但是，當其他猶太人走到桌前說，是啊，你們對哈拉卡（即猶太教法律規定）的解釋方式非常保守，實際上並不以傳統為基礎，你們這樣做只是對現代性的一種迴應，現在他們不得不跟你們合作了。
- and you're only doing that as a response to modernity," now they have to play ball, right?
法裡德的觀點：加薩停火揭示了什麼關於新的中東局勢！ (Fareed’s take: What the Gaza ceasefire reveals about the new Middle East)
- Mediation, where the old Middle east was led by the large states that espoused pan Arabism and and encourage Palestinian terrorism, the Gulf Kingdom's search for modernity, technological advancement and above all, peace and stability.
調解方面，舊中東由倡導泛阿拉伯主義並鼓勵巴勒斯坦恐怖主義的大國領導，而海灣王國則追求現代化、技術進步，最重要的是和平與穩定。
- Where the Old Middle East was led by the large states that espoused pan-Arabism and encouraged Palestinian terrorism, the Gulf kingdoms searched for modernity, technological advancement, and
自1979年伊斯蘭革命以來，阿拉伯國家一直擔心伊朗的擴張主義和意識形態上的侵略性。