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Contemporary Things Time Happening 重点词汇 Adj 同时代的 现代的

Front contemporary
Pron [kən'tempəreri]
Back 【CONTEMPORARY】
In 1066 William landed in England, and a contemporary Englishman wrote the report of his landing.
威廉大帝在1066年登陆英国,当时的英国人记述了他的登陆。
【重点词汇】
contemporary adj. 1. 同时代的 2. 现代的
【CONTEMPORARY】
Our teacher reads the books of many contemporary authors to us.
老师朗读许多现代作者的书给我们听。
【重点词汇】
contemporary adj. 1. 同时代的 2. 现代的
Vocab
contemporaryoccurring in the same period of time

Things that are contemporary are either happening at the same time or happening now. Contemporary art is recent art.

In history class, if you hear that one famous person was a contemporary of another, that means they lived at the same time. Contemporaries are people and things from the same time period. Contemporary can also describe things happening now or recently. It's common to speak of contemporary music or contemporary furniture, for example. Those things are new, not old. Anything characteristic of the present day can be called contemporary.

All forms of 'contemporary' will appear on average once every 243 pages.
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