contemporary

英 [kənˈtemprəri]

美 [kənˈtempəreri]

adj.  属同时期的; 同一时代的; 当代的; 现代的
n.  同代人; 同辈人; 同龄人

复数：contemporaries　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2068 / COCA.1947

牛津词典

adj.

• 属同时期的；同一时代的
  belonging to the same time
  1. We have no contemporary account of the battle (= written near the time that it happened) .
     我们没有当时人们对这一战役的记载。
  2. He was contemporary with the dramatist Congreve.
     他与剧作家康格里夫属于同一时代。
• 当代的；现代的
  belonging to the present time
  1. life in contemporary Britain
     当代英国的生活
  2. contemporary fiction/music/dance
     当代小说 / 音乐 / 舞蹈

noun

• 同代人；同辈人；同龄人
  a person who lives or lived at the same time as sb else, especially sb who is about the same age
  1. She and I were contemporaries at college.
     她和我在大学是同学。
  2. He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him.
     他是弗洛伊德的同代人，可能认识弗洛伊德。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 当代的;现代的
  Contemporarythings are modern and relate to the present time.
  1. She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston...
     她给像惠特尼·休斯敦这样的人写了很多当代音乐作品。
  2. Perhaps he should have a more updated look, a more contemporary style...
     也许他应该有一个更新的形象，更具时代性的风格。
  3. Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
     只有姓名是古代的； 人物都是现代的、摩登的。
• ADJ 同时发生的;同时期的;同时代的
  Contemporarypeople or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about.
  1. ...drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.
     利用官方的记录与当时的见证者的报告
• N-COUNT 同时期的人;同时代的人
  Someone'scontemporaryis a person who is or was alive at the same time as them.
  1. Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.
     和大多数同辈人一样，我生长在一个截然不同的世界。
  2. ...a glossary of musical terms found in Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
     莎士比亚及其同时代人音乐术语汇编

英英释义

noun

• a person of nearly the same age as another
  Synonym:coeval

adj

• belonging to the present time
  1. contemporary leaders
  Synonym:present-day(a)
• characteristic of the present
  1. contemporary trends in design
  2. the role of computers in modern-day medicine
  Synonym:modern-day
• occurring in the same period of time
  1. a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
  2. the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
  Synonym:contemporaneous

双语例句

• In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
  在当代西方社会，快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
• My studies were devoted almost entirely to contemporary literature.
  我的研究几乎全部集中在当代文学上了。
• His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers
  在当代摄影师当中，他的要价很高。
• We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.
  我们并不是要设计一个现代乌托邦。
• The aim of the course is to help students to comprehend the structure of contemporary political and social systems.
  这门课程旨在帮助学生了解当代政治与社会体制的结构。
• Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
  只有姓名是古代的；人物都是现代的、摩登的。
• Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.
  和大多数同辈人一样，我生长在一个截然不同的世界。
• The telephone and the gramophone were contemporary.
  电话和留声机是同一时代的产物。
• Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
  莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
• A significant exhibition of contemporary sculpture will be on view at the Portland Gallery.
  一场关于当代雕塑的重要展览即将在波特兰美术馆开展。