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

• Jack and I were contemporaries at college.
  杰克和我同时读大学。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lincoln and General Lee were contemporaries.
  林肯和李将军是同时代的人。
• The two famous authors were contemporaries who spent a lot of time together.
  那两位著名作家是同时代人，他们在一起度过了一段漫长的岁月。
• 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。
• Einstein was a man who towered above his contemporaries.
  爱因斯坦是一个超出其同代人的人。
• 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。
• 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。