contemporaries 的 2 个定义
- 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.
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.
contemporaries 近义词
等同于 coequal
contemporaries 的近义词 5 个
等同于 generation
更多contemporaries例句
- 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.