stylish

Compared meaning: fashionable, in keeping with current style (adjective).

比较义项：时髦的，跟得上潮流的（形容词）。

• stylish 本词

  Emphasizes good taste and an attractive, well-put-together appearance, especially in clothes or design, rather than simply being currently popular.

  强调有品位、外观精致美观，尤其用于服装或设计，而不仅仅是指当下流行。

  The boutique sells stylish scarves that always look elegant, no matter the season.

  这家精品店出售的时髦围巾无论什么季节看起来都很优雅。

• modern

  Focuses on being up to date and not old-fashioned, often describing design, technology or ideas; more neutral and doesn't necessarily suggest elegance or trendiness.

  强调新颖、不过时，常用于设计、科技或观念，语气较中性，不一定意味着优雅或时髦。

  The kitchen was fitted with modern appliances instead of the old ones.

  厨房安装了现代化的电器，替换了旧电器。

• trendy

  Describes something currently very popular, especially among young people, often implying it is a passing fad and used in a casual, sometimes slightly critical tone.

  指目前非常流行，尤其在年轻人中间，常暗示只是一时的风潮，语气较随意，有时略带调侃或批评意味。

  That trendy diet is popular now, but it will probably be forgotten in a year.

  那种时髦的饮食法现在很流行，但可能一年后就被人遗忘了。

• fashionable

  A general, fairly neutral word for being currently in style or approved by fashion; broader in use than the others, applying to clothes, people, places or behavior, without stressing elegance or brevity.

  是表示当下流行、符合时尚的通用说法，语气较中性，适用范围比其他几个词更广，可用于服装、人物、场所或行为，不特别强调优雅或短暂性。

  It has become fashionable for young professionals to work from cafes instead of offices.

  年轻职场人士在咖啡馆而不是办公室工作，已经变得很流行。

All four can mean fashionable, with different tones. Stylish stresses good taste and an attractive look. Modern stresses being up to date. Trendy stresses being currently very popular, often a passing fad. Fashionable is the most general word. Modern's plain sense, 'current', isn't compared.

这几个词在“时髦、跟得上潮流”这个意义上很接近，但语气和使用场合略有不同：stylish 强调外观有品位、精致美观；modern 强调新颖、不过时，语气较中性；trendy 强调正当红、时下流行，常暗示只是一时的风潮，语气较随意；fashionable 是最通用、较中性正式的说法。这里不比较 modern 更常见的“现代的、当代的”义项（如指年代、技术本身而与时尚无关的用法）。