When something is modernistic, it is designed to look very new, and very unlike older styles: sharp lines, glass, steel, bold shapes. People use it of buildings, furniture, art, and sometimes clothes.

When something is modernistic當一個東西是modernistic的時候，it is designed to look very new它被設計成看起來很新，and very unlike older styles而且跟舊的風格很不一樣：sharp lines, glass, steel, bold shapes像是俐落的線條、玻璃、鋼鐵、大膽的造型。People use it人們會用這個字 of buildings, furniture, art, and sometimes clothes來形容建築、家具、藝術，有時候也用來形容服裝。

Though actually, it is not a perfect twin of modern or modernist. Modern just means “of now” (this year’s phone is modern). Modernist often points to a serious 20th-century art and building movement.

Though actually不過實際上，it is not a perfect twin of modern or modernist它跟modern或modernist並不是完全一樣的雙胞胎。Modern just means 'of now'modern只是指「當代的」 (this year's phone is modern)（今年出的手機就是modern）。Modernist often points to a serious 20th-century art and building movementmodernist則通常指20世紀一個很嚴肅的藝術和建築運動。

Modernistic is more about the look of being new — and in some mouths it is not quite a compliment, as if the design is showing off how modern it is. The word itself can feel a little old: a shop long ago might have sold “modernistic” lamps; a shop today would more often say modern, contemporary, or modernist.

Modernistic is more about the look of being newmodernistic比較著重在「看起來很新」的外表——and in some mouths it is not quite a compliment而在有些人嘴裡，這不完全是稱讚，as if the design is showing off how modern it is好像這個設計在炫耀自己有多現代。The word itself can feel a little old這個字本身反而可能讓人覺得有點過時：a shop long ago might have sold 'modernistic' lamps以前的店家可能會賣「modernistic」的燈；a shop today would more often say modern, contemporary, or modernist現在的店家比較常會說modern、contemporary，或modernist。