contemporary

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n. 同时代的人 a. 同时代的, 属于同一时期的

发音

UK /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/
UK /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹi/
其它
US /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/

词形变化

contemporaries 复数 contemporaries more contemporary 比较级 most contemporary 最高级

别名

contemp cotemporary contemp.

教材释义与例句

名词

同时代的人；同时期的东西

someone who lived or was in a particular place at the same time as someone else

形容词

当代的；同时代的；属于同一时期的

belonging to the present time

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)

    Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.

    The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.

  2. 2.

    Something existing at the same time.

  3. 3.

    Something existing at the same time.

    A rival newspaper or magazine.

    过时
adj. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

    同时的

    当时的

  2. 2.

    Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

    现代的

    摩登

    近代的

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

coeval

上位词 4

match equal peer compeer
形容词

同义词 3

modern-day present-day contemporaneous

近义相关 5

modern current synchronal synchronic synchronous

相关短语

contemporary R&B contemporary gospel contemporary circus contemporary circuses Contemporary Latin adult contemporary 成人时代（一种音乐风格的名字） urban contemporary rhythmic contemporary hot adult contemporary

词源

From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).

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