contemporary
contemporary
英[kənˈtemprəri]美[kənˈtempəreri]
adj.当代的，同时发生的；
n.同时期的人；
复数：contemporaries;
例句
He claims that the laws are antiquated and have no contemporary relevance.他声称这些法规过于陈旧，已没有任何现实意义。
Local historians have reconstructed from contemporary descriptions how the hall may have looked in 1300.根据同时期的描述，当地历史学家再现了1300 年时这座礼堂的可能面貌。
one of the country’s leading contemporary novelists该国*重要的当代小说家之一
He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him.他是佛洛伊德是同代人,可能认识佛洛伊德.
Shakespeare was not contemporary with Dickens.莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
contemporary fiction/music/dance当代小说/音乐/舞蹈
life in contemporary Britain当代英国的生活
We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.我们并不是要设计一个现代乌托邦。
The contemporary and technology is permeating into geology, making it modernized.现代科技向地质科技的渗透, 促进了地质科技现代化.
Class discourses are orthodox ideology of contemporary China's law science.阶级话语是当代中国法学的正统意识形态.
同义词解析
以下这些形容词均有"现代的，当代的" 的意思
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，*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*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*新发展。
英语四级真题
Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文This is Hesiod, of course, a younger contemporary poet, we believe, with Homer, Soupios says.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary life.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文It is the concern of contemporary economists.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文a dictator in the contemporary business world
出自-2012年12月阅读原文"This is Hesiod, of course, a younger contemporary poet, we believe, with Homer," Soupios says.
2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B英语六级真题
Many contemporary ideas about kitchen design can be traced back to another American, Christine Frederick, who set about enhancing the efficiency of the housewife.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
当代的;现代的
Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
例句
She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston...她给像惠特尼·休斯敦这样的人写了很多当代音乐作品。Perhaps he should have a more updated look, a more contemporary style...也许他应该有一个更新的形象，更具时代性的风格。ADJ
同时发生的;同时期的;同时代的
Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about.
例句
...drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.利用官方的记录与当时的见证者的报告N-COUNT
同时期的人;同时代的人
Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them.
例句
Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.和大多数同辈人一样，我生长在一个截然不同的世界。...a glossary of musical terms found in Shakespeare and his contemporaries.莎士比亚及其同时代人音乐术语汇编英汉词典释义
adj.
当代的；现代的
life in contemporary Britain当代英国的生活contemporary fiction/music/dance当代小说/音乐/舞蹈同时代的, 同属一个时期的
The telephone and the gramophone were contemporary.电话和留声机是同一时代的产物。Shakespeare was not contemporary with Dickens.莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。n.
同代人；同辈人；同龄人
She and I were contemporaries at college.她和我在大学是同学。He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him.他是佛洛伊德是同代人,可能认识佛洛伊德.当代人；现代人
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a person of nearly the same age as another
Adjective
1. characteristic of the present;
"contemporary trends in design""the role of computers in modern-day medicine"2. belonging to the present time;
"contemporary leaders"3. 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"行业词典
计算机： 【修】流行，现代；
