单词详解

1. adj.

A. 当代的 (modern; belonging to the present time)

His lecture is on contemporary Chinese novelists. 他的课程是关于当代中国小说家的。

B. 同时代的，同属一个时期的 (of or belonging to the same time)

The telephone and the gramophone were contemporary. 电话和留声机是同时代的产物。

2.  n.

同代人，同龄人 (a person of nearly the same age as another)

He is a contemporary of mine. 他与我同龄。

相关单词

副词：contemporarily

复数：contemporaries