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contemporary adj.同时代的；当代的n.同时代的人；同龄人 (1) 马洛与莎士比亚是同时代的。(2) 他把他的一生都献给了当代艺术研究。(3) 萨克莱跟狄更斯是同时期的人。(4) 她和我在学院里是同学。(5) 他和我是同龄人，但我们的经历截然不同。 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.

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英 [kən'temprəri] 美 [kən'tempəreri] (1) Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare.(2) He had devoted his whole life to the study of contemporary art.(3) Thackeray is a contemporary of Dickens.(4) She and I were contemporaries at college.(5) He is a contemporary of mine, but our experiences are completely different. Things that are contemporary are either happening at the same time or happening now. Contemporary art is recent art. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]当代的；现代的 Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.   [usu ADJ n]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。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。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。2[ADJ 形容词]同时发生的；同时期的；同时代的 Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about.   [usu ADJ n]...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3[N-COUNT 可数名词]同时期的人；同时代的人 Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them.   [usu pl]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。...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

英语单词	contemporary
英美音标	英 [kən'temprəri] 美 [kən'tempəreri]
中文释义	adj.同时代的；当代的 n.同时代的人；同龄人
英语例句	(1) Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare. (2) He had devoted his whole life to the study of contemporary art. (3) Thackeray is a contemporary of Dickens. (4) She and I were contemporaries at college. (5) He is a contemporary of mine, but our experiences are completely different.
中文例句	(1) 马洛与莎士比亚是同时代的。 (2) 他把他的一生都献给了当代艺术研究。 (3) 萨克莱跟狄更斯是同时期的人。 (4) 她和我在学院里是同学。 (5) 他和我是同龄人，但我们的经历截然不同。
vocabulary简明	Things that are contemporary are either happening at the same time or happening now. Contemporary art is recent art.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]当代的；现代的 Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time. [usu ADJ n] 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。 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。 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。 2 [ADJ 形容词]同时发生的；同时期的；同时代的 Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about. [usu ADJ n] ...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 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同时期的人；同时代的人 Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them. [usu pl] 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。 ...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

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