1 ADJ-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
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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。
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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。
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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。
2 ADJ [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
SYN coexisting, concurrent, contemporaneous, synchronous
3 N-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
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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。
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...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
SYN peer, fellow, equal, compeer
| Word Link | con ≈ together, with : consensus, contemporary, convene |
| Word Link | tempo ≈ time : contemporary, temporal, temporary |
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