contemporary音标
英 [kənˈtemprəri]
美 [kənˈtempəreri]
contemporary翻译
adj.
当代的,现代的;同时代的,同属一个时期的;
n.
同代人;同辈人;同龄人;当代人
变形
复数:contemporaries
双语释义
adj.(形容词)[A]当代的modern; belonging to the present time同时代的,同属一个时期的of or belonging to the same time
英英释义
contemporary[ kən'tempərəri ]
n.a person of nearly the same age as another
同义词:coeval
adj.characteristic of the present
"contemporary trends in design"
同义词:modern-day
belonging to the present time
"contemporary leaders"
同义词:present-day(a)
occurring in the same period of time
"the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
同义词:contemporaneous
contemporary用法
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)~+名词contemporary art现代艺术contemporary authors当代作家contemporary composers同时代的作曲家
词组短语
contemporary art当代艺术
contemporary literature n. 现代文学
the contemporary era当代
contemporary western philosophy当代西方哲学
同近义词辨析
modern, present, up-to-date, contemporary, current, recent
这组词都有“现代的,当代的”的意思,其区别是:
modern指现代或近代,时期可长可短。也可指新颖、时髦的。
present是这些词中语气最强的一个。指现在正发生、起作用的。
up-to-date一般用于非正式场合,指很时新、能反映当前的最新发展。
contemporary仅指当今这个时代,不涉及任何过去的时代。但可表示不同的人或物存在于同一时代。
current指目前存在和发生的。
recent表示新近的,最近的,时间的长短依据所修饰的人或物而定。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare.
马洛与莎士比亚是同时代的。He had devoted his whole life to the study of contemporary art.
他把他的一生都献给了当代艺术研究。用作名词(n.)Thackeray is a contemporary of Dickens.
萨克莱跟狄更斯是同时期的人。She and I were contemporaries at college.
她和我在学院里是同学。He is a contemporary of mine, but our experiences are completely different.
他和我是同龄人,但我们的经历截然不同。
权威例句
The contemporary theory of metaphor.
A GRAMMAR OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
A grammar of contemporary English
The practice turn in contemporary theory
Metaphor and Thought: The contemporary theory of metaphor
Transactive Memory: A Contemporary Analysis of the Group Mind
Global perspectives of contemporary epidemiological trends of cutaneous malignant melanoma.
Gunther Kress & Theo Van Leeuwen, Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication
Shaping Agility through Digital Options: Reconceptualizing the Role of Information Technology in Contemporary Firms
Shaping agility through digital options: reconceptualizing the role of information technology in contemporary firms