1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]当代的;现代的Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time. 当代的;现代的
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。
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。
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。
2ADJ [usually ADJ n]同时发生的;同时期的;同时代的Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about. 同时发生的;同时期的;同时代的
...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
SYN coexisting, concurrent, contemporaneous, synchronous
3N-COUNT [usually plural]同时期的人;同时代的人 Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them. 同时期的人;同时代的人
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。
...a glossary of musical terms found in Shakespeare and his contemporaries.