1
- living or occurring at the same time生活在同时代（或时期）的; 同时代（或时期）发生的：
the event was recorded by a contemporary historian.
此事件由该时代一位历史学家所记载。
1.1
- dating from the same time源自同时代的; 属于同时期的：
this series of paintings is contemporary with other works in an early style.
这一系列的画作和其他早期风格的作品属于同一时代。
2
- belonging to or occurring in the present当代的：
the tension and complexities of our contemporary society.
我们当代社会的紧张和复杂情况。
2.1
- following modern ideas or fashion in style or design（风格, 设计）现代（派）的：
contemporary art.
现代派艺术。
(pl. -ies)
1- a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another同时代的人（或物）, 同代人：
he was a contemporary of Darwin.
他是达尔文的同代人。
1.1
- a person of roughly the same age as another（差不多）同年龄的人：
my contemporaries at school.
我求学时的同龄人。
派生词
contemporarily
adverbcontemporariness
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- 'together with' + tempus, tempor- 'time' （on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis）.