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contemporaries

/kuhn-tem-puh-rer-ee/US // kənˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i //UK // (kənˈtɛmprərɪ) //

当代人,同时代人,同时代的人,同代人

Related Words

new新,新的,新型,全新的present-day现今,现今的,今天的,今朝instant即时,瞬间,即时的,瞬间的current当前,目前,当前的,目前的present目前,现在,当前recent最近,最近的,近期,近来mod模特,模特儿,模板,模仿now现在,如今,目前latest最新,最新的,最近,最近的today今天,今日,如今,今天的coeval共时的,共时性,共时,共存concomitant随之而来的,伴随着,伴随的,伴随attendant服务员,侍者,服务人员,随从abreast肩并肩,并肩作战,并驾齐驱,并肩而行au courant迅速,迅速的,迅速反应,迅速行动extant现存的,现存,现有的,现有newfangled新式的,新奇的,新潮的,新颖的red-hot炽热的,炽热,红红火火,火热的state-of-the-art最先进的,最先进的技术,先进的,先进的技术topical外用,外用的,专题,外科

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
    • : of about the same age or date: a Georgian table with a contemporary wig stand.
    • : of the present time; modern: a lecture on the contemporary novel.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·tem·po·rar·ies.

    • : a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others.
    • : a person of the same age as another.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incoequal
Synonyms
associate联系,联想,联谊会,联系我们colleague同事,同事之间,同行,同事们compeer同行,同行者,同行的人,同行们contemporary当代,当代人,当代的,当代化equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的
as ingeneration
Synonyms
breed育种,繁殖,培育,饲养crop庄稼人,稼穑,庄稼,庄稼汉time时间,时代,时期,时aeon永旺,永恒,永生,永明day天,日,一天,白天days天,天数,日,天天eon辰光,辰星,辰时,辰辰epoch纪元,纪年,世代,世紀peers同龄人,同辈人,同行,同行们period时间rank级别,等级,排名,职级span跨度,跨越,跨越式,跨度大step阶梯,阶段,举措,阶级times时间,次,时代,倍

Examples

  • What sets him apart from so many of his contemporaries was his rare immunity from the influence of prevailing ideas.

  • Some of the authors most revered by their contemporaries now languish in relative obscurity.

  • Fans of Virginia Woolf may enjoy the following list of books written by her less famous female contemporaries.

  • Cummings, however, has proven far more controversial and arguably less palatable than her contemporaries.

  • Their laptop-less contemporaries may also get distracted by what their friends are looking at.

  • His letters are simply laughable, especially his characters of contemporaries.

  • Map and Chrétien were certainly contemporaries, but in neither case do we know the date of birth.

  • The proofs you have given so far are but solemn pledges to outdo all your contemporaries.

  • If his book is bad for our times and for us, it was very good for his contemporaries, and his religion was still better.

  • We should always aim at perfection, and then posterity will do us that justice which sometimes our contemporaries refuse us.

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