- adj. 同时代的;当代的
- n. 同时代的人;同龄人
contemporary的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:
详尽释义
- 同(一)时代的,同年龄的,属同时期的,同时的,生活于同时期的
- 当代的,现代的
- 当时的
- 符合时代进步要求的
- 同龄人,同时代的人,同代者,同年者,同辈(人),生活于同时期的人
- 同时期的东西
- 当代人,现代人
- 同时代的报刊,报刊同业
- 年纪相仿,年岁差不多
- 同龄家畜
双解释义
- [A]当代的 modern; belonging to the present time
- 同时代的,同属一个时期的 of or belonging to the same time
英英释义
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a person of nearly the same age as another
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characteristic of the present;
"contemporary trends in design"
"the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
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belonging to the present time;
"contemporary leaders"
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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"
contemporary的用法和样例:
例句
- Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare.
马洛与莎士比亚是同时代的。 - 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。
- Thackeray is a contemporary of Dickens.
萨克莱跟狄更斯是同时期的人。 - She and I were contemporaries at college.
她和我在学院里是同学。 - 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。
常见句型
- My studies were devoted almost entirely to contemporary literature.
我的研究几乎全部集中在当代文学上了。
- The telephone and the gramophone were contemporary.
电话和留声机是同一时代的产物。 - Bach and Handel were contemporary composers.
巴哈和亨德尔是同时代的作曲家。
- Shakespeare was not contemporary with Dickens.
莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
词汇搭配
- contemporary art 现代艺术
- contemporary authors 当代作家
- contemporary composers 同时代的作曲家
经典引文
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Writers contemporary with the events they write of.
出自: M. Pattison -
The..changes in Scottish mind and manners..did not come to any serious collision with the..church, such as marked contemporary movements of opinion in France.
出自: G. M. Trevelyan
contemporary的详细讲解:
词义辨析
- modern,contemporary,current,recent,present,up-to-date
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- 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。
词源解说
- ☆ 1630年左右进入英语,直接源自中古拉丁语的contemporarius,意为现代的。