喜樂美語
  1. 1aB1/ˈriːsənt/最近的 / 近期的

    Happening or starting only a short time before now.

    only a short time before now只在此刻之前不久 Happening or starting發生或開始的

    示範例句 · Example

    Have you heard about the recent changes to the school schedule?

    逐字你有聽說學校課程表最近的變化嗎？

    「recent」表示「不久前發生的、最近的」，強調「距離現在不遠」。和 new 不同：new 強調「第一次存在」，recent 強調「時間上離現在近」。常用搭配：in recent years（近年來）、recent news（最新消息）、a recent study（最新研究）。

    常見搭配

    • in recent years

      近年來

      during the past few years

      In recent years, technology has changed very fast.

    • recent news/report/study

      最新消息／報告／研究

      news, report or study from a short time ago

      A recent report shows that exercise helps memory.

    • most recent

      最新的

      the latest one; the one that happened closest to now

      Her most recent book was published last month.

core核心畫面

You can picture 'recent' as the part of time closest to where you stand now: looking back over your shoulder, it's the events still near your feet, only a short walk behind the present.

可以想成：recent 指的是「離現在最近的那一段時間」。回頭往後看，那些就在腳邊、離當下只差幾步的事情就是 recent——剛發生不久、還貼著現在的事。

同家族的字

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Recentname

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    obsoletegeographygeologynatural-sciencesThe Holocene.

    • He [Charles Lyell] ignored Quaternary, a term he never accepted. The Recent addressed the age “tenanted by man,” which at the time barely extended beyond the chronicles of the Bible.

Recentadj

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    obsoleteastronomygeographygeologyOf the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.

recentadj/ˈɹiː.sənt/

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    Having happened a short while ago.

    • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
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    Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.

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    Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.

    • The cause has several hundred recent donors.
    • I met three recent graduates at the conference.
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    sciencesParticularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.

    • Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.

recentnoun/ˈɹiː.sənt/

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    computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceA recently viewed or accessed item.

    • Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.

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