contemporary
英 [kənˈtemprəri] 美 [kənˈtempəreri]

adj.

当代的，现代的；同时代的，同属一个时期的；

n.

同代人；同辈人；同龄人；当代人

变形

复数：contemporaries

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. [A]当代的 modern; belonging to the present time
2. 同时代的,同属一个时期的 of or belonging to the same time

英英释义

contemporary[ kən'tempərəri ]

• n.a person of nearly the same age as another

  同义词：coeval

• adj.
  • characteristic of the present

    "contemporary trends in design"

    同义词：modern-day

  • belonging to the present time

    "contemporary leaders"

    同义词：present-day(a)

  • occurring in the same period of time

    "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

    同义词：contemporaneous

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• contemporary art现代艺术
• contemporary authors当代作家
• contemporary composers同时代的作曲家

词组短语

contemporary art当代艺术

contemporary literature n. 现代文学

the contemporary era当代

contemporary western philosophy当代西方哲学

同近义词辨析

modern, present, up-to-date, contemporary, current, recent

这组词都有“现代的，当代的”的意思，其区别是：

modern指现代或近代，时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。

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。

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。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare.
   马洛与莎士比亚是同时代的。
2. He had devoted his whole life to the study of contemporary art.
   他把他的一生都献给了当代艺术研究。

用作名词(n.)

1. Thackeray is a contemporary of Dickens.
   萨克莱跟狄更斯是同时期的人。
2. She and I were contemporaries at college.
   她和我在学院里是同学。
3. He is a contemporary of mine, but our experiences are completely different.
   他和我是同龄人，但我们的经历截然不同。

权威例句

The contemporary theory of metaphor.
A GRAMMAR OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
A grammar of contemporary English
The practice turn in contemporary theory
Metaphor and Thought: The contemporary theory of metaphor
Transactive Memory: A Contemporary Analysis of the Group Mind
Global perspectives of contemporary epidemiological trends of cutaneous malignant melanoma.
Gunther Kress & Theo Van Leeuwen, Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication
Shaping Agility through Digital Options: Reconceptualizing the Role of Information Technology in Contemporary Firms
Shaping agility through digital options: reconceptualizing the role of information technology in contemporary firms