contemporary [形容詞] 當代的; [名詞] 同時代的人;同年齡的人;同時期的東西
contemporary
[kən'tempərəri]
adj.同時代的, 當代的
n.同時代的人, 同齡人
例句與用法:
My parents think that the contemporary young people have no respect for authority.
我父母認為現在的年輕人不尊重權威。
He had devoted his whole life to the study of contemporary art.
他把他的一生都獻給了當代藝術研究。
She and I were contemporaries at college.
她和我在學院裡是同學。
Contemporary reports of the past events are often more interesting than modern historians' view of them.
對於歷史上的事件,當時的報導往往比現代歷史學家的評述更為有趣。
He is a contemporary of mine, but our experiences are completely different.
他和我是同齡人,但我們的經歷截然不同。
詞形變化:
副詞: contemporarily | 名詞複數: contemporaries |
英文解釋:
名詞 contemporary:
a person of nearly the same age as another
同義詞:coeval
形容詞 contemporary:
characteristic of the present
同義詞:modern-day
belonging to the present time
同義詞:present-day
occurring in the same period of time
同義詞:contemporaneous
以上來源於大辭典