But it was in Europe that chess began to take on its modern form.

但在欧洲，国际象棋开始采用其现代形式。

After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness? Advertising.

归根结底，几乎完全致力于描写快乐的那种现代表现方式是什么呢？广告。

I asked you what the original meaning of the word 'robot' was before it was used in its modern form.

我问你“robot”这个词在以其现代意思被使用之前的原意是什么。

The modern form we know today was opened in 1947 by Oxfam.

我们今天所知的现代形式是乐施会于 1947 年开设的。

Wisconsin got its name from the Wisconsin River, but the name went through several changes before it reached its modern form.

威斯康辛州得名于威斯康辛河，但是这个名字在达到现代形式前经历了一些变化。

This is pretty good news considering the modern form of the plague is still around today.

考虑到现代形式的瘟疫今天仍然存在， 这是一个非常好的消息。

She repeated their simple but very modern forms in her own prints. They include La Toilette, an image of a woman bathing.

她在自己的版画中尝试了他们的简单却非常现代的艺术形式。其中就包括一幅女士沐浴图《La Toilette》。

As with most ancient and early modern forms of drama, everyone say " with me, we don't know exactly when it began" .

跟大多古时的和早期的现代戏剧形式一样 大伙儿都说：我根本不知道“卡塔卡利舞剧”啥前儿蹦出来的。

So in the mid 1600s the elite moved to what we now recognize as the modern minimalist form of European cuisine.

因此，在 1600 年代中期，精英们转向了我们现在所认为的现代简约形式的欧洲美食。

Well, first of all, for all your listeners, please use modern forms of birth control because this is not reliable, OK?

好吧，首先，对于所有听众，请使用现代形式的节育措施，因为这不可靠，好吗？

The pedal harp, also known as the concert harp, is the most modern form and is typically used in orchestral music.

踏板竖琴，也称为音乐会竖琴，是最现代的形式，通常用于管弦乐。

The old Gothic quarries still remained in the upper portion of the large window at the end, though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere.

古老的哥特式采石场仍然保留在尽头大窗户的上部，尽管它们已经让位给别处更现代的玻璃窗。

Dragon boating began about 2,000 years ago in China. The modern form of racing started in the 1970s. Since then, it has become a fast-growing international competitive sport. Breast cancer survivor teams have competed around the world.

龙舟起源于约2000年前的中国。龙舟赛的形式开始于20世纪70年代。自那时以来，它已成为了一个快速发展的国际竞技体育。乳腺癌患者队已参加了世界各地的比赛。