1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]當代的;現代的Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time. 當代的;現代的
She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston.
她給像惠特尼·休斯敦這樣的人寫了很多當代音樂作品。
Perhaps he should have a more updated look, a more contemporary style.
也許他應該有一個更新的形象,更具時代性的風格。
Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
只有姓名是古代的;人物都是現代的、摩登的。
2ADJ [usually ADJ n]同時發生的;同時期的;同時代的Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about. 同時發生的;同時期的;同時代的
...drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.
利用官方的記錄與當時的見證者的報告
SYN coexisting, concurrent, contemporaneous, synchronous
3N-COUNT [usually plural]同時期的人;同時代的人 Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them. 同時期的人;同時代的人
Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.
和大多數同輩人一樣,我生長在一個截然不同的世界。
...a glossary of musical terms found in Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
1belonging to the same time as sb/sth else屬於同一時期VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be同時代ADVERB➤exactly完全同時代的▸➤nearly幾乎屬於同一時期的▸➤broadly, roughly大體屬於同一時期的◇a period broadly contemporary with the Shang dynasty大致與商朝同時代的一段時期PREPOSITION➤with與⋯同時代的◇a composer contemporary with Beethoven與貝多芬同時代的作曲家contemporary
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2modern現代VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be現代ADVERB➤decidedly, thoroughly, very確實/極其/非常現代◇His work is very contemporary.他的作品非常現代。