| 单词 | recent |
| 释义 | recent (once / 48 pages) adj If something is recent, it happened in the immediate past or not long ago. You are a recent fan of yoga if you just started liking it in the past week or two. If you talk about something that happened in recent months or years, it means the last one to three months or years. Otherwise, recent means new or just happened. It’s particularly useful when you don’t know exactly when something happened, but you know it wasn’t long ago. Perhaps you have been a recent guest star on a show, and your recent movies have been very successful. You know it wasn’t long ago at all and you are still a star! WORD FAMILYrecent: recency, recenter, recentest, recently, recentness USAGE EXAMPLESHere’s a look at some memorable championship rematches in recent years: Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Friends with recent pneumonia experience confirmed this rather depressing outlook. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Trump’s recent comments bode ill for federal investments in cyberdefense. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj of the immediate past or just previous to the present time his recent trip to Africa in recent months a recent issue of the journal Syn late past earlier than the present time; no longer current 2adj new recent graduates a recent addition to the house recent buds on the apple trees Syn new not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered Recent (once / 2117 pages) n WORD FAMILY Recent USAGE EXAMPLESRecent propaganda from the communist government intentionally released sensitive, military information. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Recent deadly truck attacks in Germany and France brought about another security upgrade this year. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Recent data revealed that US pending home sales fell by 2.5% in November, compared to economists' expectations of a 0.5% rise. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) n approximately the last 10,000 years Syn|Exp Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch epoch a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages |
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