contemporary

adj.

1. 属同时期的；同一时代的
   belonging to the same time
   1. We have no contemporary account of the battle (= written near the time that it happened) .
      我们没有当时人们对这一战役的记载。
   2. He was contemporary with the dramatist Congreve.
      他与剧作家康格里夫属于同一时代。
2. 当代的；现代的
   belonging to the present time
   1. life in contemporary Britain
      当代英国的生活
   2. contemporary fiction/music/dance
      当代小说 / 音乐 / 舞蹈

noun

1. 同代人；同辈人；同龄人
   a person who lives or lived at the same time as sb else, especially sb who is about the same age
   1. She and I were contemporaries at college.
      她和我在大学是同学。
   2. He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him.
      他是弗洛伊德的同代人，可能认识弗洛伊德。

1. ADJ-GRADED 当代的;现代的
   Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
      只有姓名是古代的； 人物都是现代的、摩登的。
2. 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.
   1. ...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
3. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...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

1. Williams's play is a tense contemporary three-hander about two murderers and a bank-robber.
   威廉斯的这部戏剧是一部关于两个凶手和一个银行抢劫犯的扣人心弦的现代三人剧。
2. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
   这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。
3. Until a few months ago few people outside the arcane world of contemporary music had heard of Gorecki.
   直至几个月前，在现代音乐神秘殿堂之外很少有人听说了戈莱斯基。
4. The museum contains 6,000 contemporary and modern artworks.
   博物馆收藏了6,000件近现代艺术作品。
5. Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values
   他们的婚姻在传统和现代价值观之间保持着微妙平衡。
6. Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.
   当代非洲电影在活力和新颖性上颇足称道。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
   只有姓名是古代的；人物都是现代的、摩登的。
10. 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。
11. A lot of contemporary music is virtually inaccessible.
    许多当代音乐几乎难以理解。
12. Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.
    几幅当代照片和一面16世纪的葡萄牙铜镜并排摆在一起。
13. Contemporary art has taken a huge leap forward in the last five or six years.
    当代艺术在过去五六年间突飞猛进。
14. I had mentioned that I didn't really like contemporary music
    我说过，我其实并不喜欢当代音乐。
15. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
    在当代西方社会，快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
16. The aim of the course is to help students to comprehend the structure of contemporary political and social systems.
    这门课程旨在帮助学生了解当代政治与社会体制的结构。
17. Set in contemporary Dublin, this pacy thriller features kidnapping, mayhem and murder.
    这部节奏紧张刺激的惊悚片以当代都柏林为背景，包含了绑架、暴力致人伤残和谋杀情节。
18. He gets huge pleasure from ballet and contemporary dance.
    他从芭蕾和现代舞中得到极大的快乐。
19. Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best
    将对观众进行民意调查，询问他们在3部当代音乐作品中最喜欢哪一部。
20. His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers
    在当代摄影师当中，他的要价很高。
21. Unfortunately historic American fiction is constantly being used as a stick to beat contemporary British writers with.
    不幸的是，经典的美国小说经常被用来作为批评当代英国作家的依据。
22. We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.
    我们并不是要设计一个现代乌托邦。
23. A significant exhibition of contemporary sculpture will be on view at the Portland Gallery.
    一场关于当代雕塑的重要展览即将在波特兰美术馆开展。
24. The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four-fifths that of a grain of rice.
    中国当代雕刻工艺师沈为众雕刻的象牙佛像是世界上最小的雕刻。这个象牙佛像只有一粒米的五分之四大。
25. Contemporary realism is the depiction of modern art.
    当代写实，是现代艺术的文本叙述。
26. Bach and Handel were contemporary composers.
    巴哈和亨德尔是同时代的作曲家。
27. The telephone and the gramophone were contemporary.
    电话和留声机是同一时代的产物。
28. Susan is my contemporary, we were at school together.
    苏珊和我是同龄人，我们是同时上学读书的。
29. Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
    莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
30. 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。

noun

1. a person of nearly the same age as another

   Synonym:    coeval

adj

1. belonging to the present time
   1. contemporary leaders

   Synonym:    present-day(a)

2. characteristic of the present
   1. contemporary trends in design
   2. the role of computers in modern-day medicine

   Synonym:    modern-day

3. occurring in the same period of time
   1. a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
   2. the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart

   Synonym:    contemporaneous