基本释义
- adj.
- 当代的; 同时发生的
- n.
- 同时期的人
词性变化
- 复数:contemporaries;
实用例句
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。
牛津词典
She and I were contemporaries at college.
她和我在大学是同学。
牛津词典
life in contemporary Britain
当代英国的生活
牛津词典
contemporary fiction/music/dance
当代小说 / 音乐 / 舞蹈
牛津词典
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。
牛津词典
He was contemporary with the dramatist Congreve.
他与剧作家康格里夫属于同一时代。
牛津词典
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。
...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
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
Shakespeare was not contemporary with Dickens.
莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人.
《简明英汉词典》
Dickens was contemporary with Thackeray.
狄更斯与萨克莱属于同一时代.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
The telephone and the gramophone were contemporary.
电话和留声机是同一时代的产物.
《简明英汉词典》
Contemporary cars are more streamlined than older ones.
当代轿车比旧时轿车更具流线型.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
She is very much alive to contemporary issues.
她对当代的问题十分注意.
《简明英汉词典》
He claims that the laws are antiquated and have no contemporary relevance.
他声称这些法规过于陈旧,已没有任何现实意义.
《简明英汉词典》
John is a contemporary of mine.
约翰与我同龄.
《简明英汉词典》
Local historians have reconstructed from contemporary descriptions how the hall may have looked in 1300.
根据同时期的描述,当地历史学家再现了1300年时这座礼堂的可能面貌.
《简明英汉词典》
Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare.
马洛与莎士比亚是同时代的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
an exhibition of work by contemporary British artists
当代英国画家作品展
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination.
当时的报道证实了他的勇气和决心。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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。
柯林斯例句
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。
柯林斯例句
They still get treated differently from almost every other contemporary British band.
他们所得到的待遇仍然与当代几乎所有其他英国乐队都不同。
柯林斯例句
He is probably the most reviled man in contemporary theatre.
他可能是当代戏剧界骂声最多的人。
柯林斯例句
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。
柯林斯例句
Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best.
将对观众进行民意调查，询问他们在3部当代音乐作品中最喜欢哪一部。
柯林斯例句
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。
柯林斯例句
真题例句
Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文This is Hesiod, of course, a younger contemporary poet, we believe, with Homer, Soupios says.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary life.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文It is the concern of contemporary economists.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文a dictator in the contemporary business world
出自-2012年12月阅读原文"This is Hesiod, of course, a younger contemporary poet, we believe, with Homer," Soupios says.
2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BMany contemporary ideas about kitchen design can be traced back to another American, Christine Frederick, who set about enhancing the efficiency of the housewife.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文When I was eighteen, I decided that I really preferred contemporary dance and that I wanted to do it professionally.
2018年高考英语全国卷3 听力 原文In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at-a stranger is virtually unbearable.
2015年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section ⅠSales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008.
2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. a person of nearly the same age as another
1. characteristic of the present;
"contemporary trends in design"
"the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
2. belonging to the present time;
"contemporary leaders"
3. occurring in the same period of time;
"a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"
"the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
同义词辨析
modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date
这些形容词均有"现代的，当代的"之意。
- modern： 指现代或近代，时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。
- contemporary： 仅指当今这个时代，不涉及任何过去的时代。但可表示不同的人或物存在于同一时代。
- current： 指目前存在和发生的。
- recent： 表示新近的，最近的，时间的长短依据所修饰的人或物而定。
- present： 是这些词中语气最强的一个。指现在正发生、起作用的。
- up-to-date： 一般用于非正式场合，指很时新、能反映当前的最新发展。