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

• Tom and I were contemporaries at college.
  汤姆和我同时上的大学。
• He was celebrated amid his contemporaries.
  他在他的同代人中名声显赫。
• It was an audacious piece of thinking and one that outraged and impressed his contemporaries.
  这是一个十分大胆的想法，在给他的同代人留下深刻影响的同时杜尚也激怒了他们。
• Phelps pauses in silence, then points to some of his contemporaries also listed.
  费尔普斯短暂地沉默了一会儿，然后指着一些同样列在纪念碑上的同代人。
• 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。
• 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。
• She doesn't mix with her contemporaries but prefers the company of older people.
  她不和她的同龄人混在一起，而是喜欢和年长的人相处。
• 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。
• 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。
• Politicians always believe that history will think better of them than their contemporaries.
  政客们总是相信，历史对他们的评价会好于同时代人的评价。