contemporary
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英 [kənˈtemprəri]
美 [kənˈtempəreri]
是什么意思
当代的,现代的;同时代的,同属一个时期的;
同代人;同辈人;同龄人;当代人
变形
复数:contemporaries
双语释义
adj.(形容词)
- [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
contemporary[ kən'tempərəri ]
- n.a person of nearly the same age as another
同义词:coeval
- adj.
- characteristic of the present
"contemporary trends in design"
同义词:modern-day
- belonging to the present time
"contemporary leaders"
同义词:present-day(a)
- occurring in the same period of time
"the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
同义词:contemporaneous
- characteristic of the present
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词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词- contemporary art现代艺术
- contemporary authors当代作家
- contemporary composers同时代的作曲家
词组短语
contemporary art当代艺术
contemporary literature n. 现代文学
the contemporary era当代
contemporary western philosophy当代西方哲学
同近义词辨析
modern, present, up-to-date, contemporary, current, recent
这组词都有“现代的,当代的”的意思,其区别是:
modern指现代或近代,时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。
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。
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。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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。
用作名词(n.)
- 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。
权威例句
The contemporary theory of metaphor.A GRAMMAR OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISHA grammar of contemporary EnglishThe practice turn in contemporary theoryMetaphor and Thought: The contemporary theory of metaphorTransactive Memory: A Contemporary Analysis of the Group MindGlobal perspectives of contemporary epidemiological trends of cutaneous malignant melanoma.Gunther Kress & Theo Van Leeuwen, Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communicationShaping Agility through Digital Options: Reconceptualizing the Role of Information Technology in Contemporary FirmsShaping agility through digital options: reconceptualizing the role of information technology in contemporary firms