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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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

• The museum contains 6,000 contemporary and modern artworks.
  博物馆收藏了6,000件近现代艺术作品。
• Contemporary realism is the depiction of modern art.
  当代写实，是现代艺术的文本叙述。
• Contemporary art has taken a huge leap forward in the last five or six years.
  当代艺术在过去五六年间突飞猛进。
• Unfortunately historic American fiction is constantly being used as a stick to beat contemporary British writers with.
  不幸的是，经典的美国小说经常被用来作为批评当代英国作家的依据。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.
  当代非洲电影在活力和新颖性上颇足称道。
• Set in contemporary Dublin, this pacy thriller features kidnapping, mayhem and murder.
  这部节奏紧张刺激的惊悚片以当代都柏林为背景，包含了绑架、暴力致人伤残和谋杀情节。
• Bach and Handel were contemporary composers.
  巴哈和亨德尔是同时代的作曲家。