contemporaries

英 [kənˈtɛmpərəriz]

美 [kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛriz]

n.  同代人; 同辈人; 同龄人
contemporary的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 当代的;现代的
  Contemporarythings 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。
• ADJ 同时发生的;同时期的;同时代的
  Contemporarypeople 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
• N-COUNT 同时期的人;同时代的人
  Someone'scontemporaryis 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

英英释义

noun

• all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
  Synonym:coevalsgeneration

双语例句

• The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.
  某些个人是否伟大，只能由那些生活在他们之后的人来决定，而无法由其同代人来决定。
• Future economic historians will probably regard Wim Duisenberg, his predecessor, more kindly than his contemporaries have done.
  与同时代人相比，将来的经济史学家很可能对特里谢的前任德伊森贝赫（WimDuisenberg）评价更友善。
• Einstein was a man who towered above his contemporaries.
  爱因斯坦是一个超出其同代人的人。
• But then I started to think about my contemporaries and my spirits began to lift.
  然而，想想我的同龄人，我又打起了精神。
• It is true that among her contemporaries she passed for a young woman of profundity.
  确实，在她的同时代人中，她被公认是一个深奥莫测的少女。
• Most of his contemporaries regarded him as a mere eccentric.
  他那个时代大多数的人都只把他当成怪人。
• Environmentalists have traditionally relied upon the power of their prose to transform the thoughts and behavior of their contemporaries.
  环境保护论者通常是依靠他们散文的力量来改变同时代人的思想和行为。
• Bach's gifts towered over those of his contemporaries.
  巴赫的天赋超过他所有同时代的人。这是一个翻天覆地的时代。
• Perhaps I'm a bit more experienced about life than my contemporaries.
  可能我比同龄人更有生活经验。
• He and I were almost contemporaries in Cambridge.
  剑桥大学时代他和我差不多同届。