contemporary

[kən'tempərəri]

adj.同时代的, 当代的
n.同时代的人, 同龄人

a.

1. 当代的

His lecture is on contemporary American novelists.

他的演讲是关于当代美国小说家的。

2. 同时代的; 同年龄的[(+with)]

Was Jonson contemporary with Shakespeare?

琼森是否与莎士比亚同辈?

n.[C]

1. 同时代的人; 同年龄的人

He was looked down upon by his contemporaries.

他被他的同时代的人瞧不起。

2. 同时期的东西

3. 当代人, 现代人

词形变化

副词: contemporarily | 名词复数: contemporaries |

词义辨析

同义:

a.同时期的, 同时代的

coexistent  coexisting  coeval  coetaneous  coeternal  contemporaneous  synchronal  synchronous  isochronal  coincident  attending  simultaneous  concurrent  at the same time

a.当代的

present  present-day  present-time  present-age  twentieth-century  existing  living  here and now  current  cutting edge  now

a.现代的

modern  modish  mod  fashionable  new-fashioned  up-to-date  in  late  hot  new  recent  modern  

英英释义

名词 contemporary:

a person of nearly the same age as another

同义词：coeval

形容词 contemporary:

characteristic of the present

同义词：modern-day

belonging to the present time

同义词：present-day

occurring in the same period of time

同义词：contemporaneous

补充

contemporarycontemporary英:[kənˈtempərəri] 美:[kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri]adj.1.当代的2.同时代的, 同属一个时期的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。n.1.同代人, 同龄人John is a contemporary of mine.约翰与我同龄。

例句

1. drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses利用官方记录和当时见证人的叙述 2. Here is a contemporary account of the execution of Charles I.这是当时处决查理一世的记录。 3. The questions Douglas raises about contemporary society have no simple answers.道格拉斯就当代社会提出的问题不是三言两语就能回答的。 4. She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston.她给惠特尼•休斯顿等人写了很多当代音乐。 5. Perhaps he should have a more updated look, a more contemporary style.或许他应该打扮得更新潮、更现代一些。 6. Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.跟大多数同时代的人一样, 我生活在一个截然不同的世界。 7. a glossary of musical terms found in Shakespeare and his contemporaries在莎士比亚和他同时代剧作家作品中发现的音乐词汇列表 8. the event was recorded by a contemporary historian.此事件由该时代一位历史学家所记载。 9. this series of paintings is contemporary with other works in an early style.这一系列的画作和其他早期风格的作品属于同一时代。 10. the tension and complexities of our contemporary society.我们当代社会的紧张和复杂情况。 11. contemporary art.现代派艺术。 12. he was a contemporary of Darwin.他是达尔文的同代人。 13. my contemporaries at school.我求学时的同龄人。 14. The programme includes contemporary film footage of the First World War.这节目包括第一次世界大战时期的电影镜头。 15. contemporary music/art/society当代音乐╱艺术╱社会 16. contemporary [=modern] jazz/poetry/art/furniture现代爵士乐/诗歌/艺术/家具 17. "The story is old, but it has importance to contemporary [=current] audiences."这是一个老故事，但对当代听众具有重要意义。 18. The book is based on contemporary accounts of the war. [=accounts of the war that were written when the war was happening]这本书是根据当时对这场战争的记载写成的。 19. He was a contemporary of George Washington.他是乔治·华盛顿同时代的人。 20. She is politically very different from most of her contemporaries.她与大多数同龄人在政治主张上有很大差异。