新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

contemporary

英  [kənˈtempərəri]
    
美  [-pəreri]

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1当代的

    Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.

    反义词

    old-fashioned

    双语例句

    例:

    She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Rihanna.

    她为蕾哈娜等人创作大量当代音乐作品。

    例:

    one of the finest collections of contemporary art in the country.

    这个国家最好的现代艺术藏品之一。

    例:

    Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.

    只有名字是古代的;人物都现代且摩登。

    2同时代的

    Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about.

    双语例句

    例:

    drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.

    借助官方记录以及当时目击者的证言。

    例:

    He was easily recognised from contemporary paintings.

    很容易从现代画作中识别出他的作品。

    NOUN. 名词
  • contemporaries

    1[C 可数名词] 同时代的人

    Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.

    像大多数和我同时代的人一样,我在一个截然不同的世界里长大。

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