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

noun

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

Apparently he speaks for a lot of his contemporaries.
很明显，他的话代表了许多同龄人的看法。
Lincoln and General Lee were contemporaries.
林肯和李将军是同时代的人。
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。
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。
He was celebrated amid his contemporaries.
他在他的同代人中名声显赫。
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。
Tom and I were contemporaries at college.
汤姆和我同时上的大学。
His statement was true, if foolish, and my contemporaries and I benefited.
他的这番话尽管可能有些愚蠢，却也说的是实情，我及我的同代人都是受益者。
He was looked down upon by his contemporaries. a novel that is a comment on contemporary lawlessness.
他被他的同时代的人瞧不起。一本对同时代的人作评论的小说。
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。