Contemporary
[ kən'tɛmpərɛri ]
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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;
💡 词根助记
con共同+tempor时间+ary...的→同时代的
📝 例句
Melville's contemporary, Walt Whitman, was also a native of New York State.
和梅尔维尔同时代的华尔特?惠特曼，也是纽约人。
Jones was Eisenhouwer's contemporary and had been his friend for many years.
琼斯与艾森豪威尔年岁差不多，是他多年好友。
Compare recent, current, contemporary, modern and new.
试比较recent、 current、 contemporary、 modern、 new这几个词.
Byron was contemporary with Wordsworth.
拜伦和渥兹华斯是同时代的人。
His lecture is on contemporary American novelists.
他的演讲是关于当代美国小说家的。
🌱 联想助记
【记】con-前缀“共同”,tempor-词根“时”,ary-名缀兼形缀:在同个时代的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-chron-表示“时间”
📖 牛津释义
contemporary
adj
1 ~ (with sb/sth) of the time or period being referred to; belonging to the same time 属於该时代或该时期的; 属於同一时代的
Many contemporary writers condemned the emperor's actions. 当时的许多作家都谴责该皇帝的行径.
a contemporary record of events, ie one made by people living at that time 同时代的大事记
Dickens was contemporary with Thackeray. 狄更斯与萨克莱属於同一时代.
2 of the present time; modern 当代的; 现代的
contemporary events, fashions 当代事件、 款式
furniture of contemporary style 现代风格的家具. =>Usage at new 用法见new. contemporary, n person who lives or lived at the same time as another 同期的人; 同辈
She and I were contemporaries at college. 她和我在学院里是同学.
🎯 考研助记
tempor(时间): 共同(con)时间(tempor)的(ary)- 同时代的、 当代的 tempor(时间)+ary(的):与时间有关的即 暂时的 网友：yqy 补充：现代(contemporary)也只是暂时的（temporary）
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәn'tempәrәri]n. 同时代的人a. 同时代的, 属于同一时期的相关词组: be contemporary with
🌿 同词根单词
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Yes. If we go on polluting the world, it won't be fit for us to live in.
是的。如果我们继续污染世界，地球就不适合我们居住了。
We spent all our days on the beach.
我们有好几天都是在海滩上度过的。
So, although I still have large business interests,I always look for chances to make life easier for some of the children in this world.
因此，虽然我仍然拥有许多商业股份，但是我总是在寻找机会使世界上一些儿童的生活过得好一些。