contemporaries是什么意思？

contemporaries

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• n. 同代人( contemporary的名词复数 )，同辈人，同龄人，当代人；

例句

• She and I were contemporaries at college. 她和我在大学是同学。
• His works are second - rate productions , alongside of those of some of his contemporaries. 和他同时代的一些人比较,他的著作属于二流作品.
• He was celebrated amid his contemporaries. 他在他的同代人中名声显赫.
• He towered above his contemporaries. 他超出同辈人之上.
• ...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
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  当代的;现代的
  Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
  例句
  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。 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。
• ADJ
  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.
  例句
  ...drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses. 利用官方的记录与当时的见证者的报告
• N-COUNT
  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.
  例句
  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。 ...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

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age