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a contemporary of [someone]
He was a contemporary of Picasso.
他是毕加索的同时代人。
同代人；同时代的人（或事物）
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同代人；同时代的人（或事物）
a person or thing belonging to the same time period as another
He was a contemporary of Picasso.
他是毕加索的同时代人。
同代人；同辈；同时期的人或物
Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)
与另一个人年龄相仿的人
a person of nearly the same age as another
同时存在的事物
Something existing at the same time.
She is a contemporary of mine from college; we graduated the same year.
她是我大学时的同代人，我们同年毕业。
My parents' contemporaries remember the days before the internet.
我父母的同时代人记得互联网之前的岁月。
He felt more comfortable with his contemporaries than with older colleagues.
他与同代人相处比与年长同事更自在。
He was a contemporary of Picasso.
他是毕加索的同时代人。
She is my contemporary.
她是我的同时代人。
注意复数形式 contemporaries。
The two authors were contemporaries.
这两位作家是同时代人。
Not this
They are my contemporary.
Use this
They are my contemporaries.
中文常忽略复数形式，但 "contemporary" 作为可数名词，表示多个同时代的人时必须用复数 "contemporaries"。
Not this
He is contemporary of mine.
Use this
He is a contemporary of mine.
中文没有不定冠词概念，但英语可数名词单数前需加 "a" 或 "an"，这里 "contemporary" 需与不定冠词连用。
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与…同时代的人
She was a contemporary of the famous painter.
她是一位著名画家的同时代人。
我的同代人；我这一辈人
My contemporaries all remember the 1990s clearly.
我的同代人都清楚地记得九十年代。
同岁的人；同龄人
He is my exact contemporary, born in the same year.
他和我同岁，出生在同一年。
他的同时代人
His contemporaries regarded him as a genius.
他的同时代人视他为天才。
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字形联想：contemporary 里藏着 temporary（时间概念），同处一个时间的人就是同代人，如李白和王维是 contemporaries。
语域：neutral 常见场景：历史或时代背景讨论、人物年龄介绍、书面叙述 作名词时，contemporary 通常指同代人、同时代的人或同龄人，在书面和口语中都比较常见；正式写作和历史话题中更常用，日常口语中若要强调“同龄人”有时也用 peer。
注意：该词作为名词时表示'同时代的人'，是可数名词。
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