recent

modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date

名词 recent:

1. approximately the last 10,000 years
   同义词：Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch

形容词 recent:

1. being new in a time not long past
2. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
   同义词：late
3. near to or not long before the present

1. The government's control over the newspapers has loosened in recent years.
   近年来政府已放松了对报纸的控制。
2. The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments.
   部长就局势的最新发展作了另一番解释。
3. The recent scandal has provided the government's opponents with plenty of ammunition.
   最近的丑闻给政府的反对派提供了大量的炮弹。
4. Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.
   近年来我们的对外贸易有所扩大。
5. Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.
   排他主义，是为了近来的有钱人家、上流阶级以及臭鼬等的特色。
6. Recent discoveries will bear his prediction out.
   近来的种种发现将会证实他的预言。
7. It is only recently that I started painting.
   我开始作画，仅仅是最近的事情。
8. In recent times the price of just about everything has gone up.
   近来差不多样样东西都涨价。

re.cent

adj.（形容词）
Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
最近的：属于或发生于现时之前很短一段时间里的
Modern; new.
摩登的；新的
Recent Geology Of, belonging to, or denoting the Holocene Epoch.See table at geologic time
Recent 【地质学】 全新世的：属于或表示全新世的参见 geologic time

来源：
Middle English [new, fresh]
中古英语 [新的，新鲜的]
from Latin recôns recent- * see ken-
源自 拉丁语 recôns recent- *参见 ken-

【引伸】
re.cency 或
re.centness
n.（名词）
re.cently
adv.（副词）