Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #2068
contemporary
同代人;同时代的人(或事物)
a person or thing belonging to the same time period as another
- 1.
Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)
同代人;同辈;同时期的人或物
- 2.
a person of nearly the same age as another
与另一个人年龄相仿的人
- 3.
Something existing at the same time.
同时存在的事物
同龄人;同辈;同代人;同辈;同时期的人或物;与另一个人年龄相仿的人;同时存在的事物;同时代的人
In use
She is a contemporary of mine from college; we graduated the same year.
My parents' contemporaries remember the days before the internet.
He felt more comfortable with his contemporaries than with older colleagues.
a contemporary of [someone]
He was a contemporary of Picasso.
他是毕加索的同时代人。
[possessive] contemporary
She is my contemporary.
她是我的同时代人。
contemporaries [plural]
注意复数形式 contemporaries。
The two authors were contemporaries.
Connections
Collocations
- a contemporary of
- 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。
- my contemporaries
- 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。
- exact contemporary
- 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。
- his contemporaries
- 他的同时代人
- His contemporaries regarded him as a genius.他的同时代人视他为天才。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
注意:该词作为名词时表示'同时代的人',是可数名词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
读音提示:contemporary 的末尾是 /ˌɛri/(如 /kənˈtɛmpɝˌɛri/)。berry、cherry、merry 以 /ˈɛri/ 结尾,是真正的押韵词。拼写以 -ary 结尾的词要小心:salary 总是弱读为 /ˈsæləri/(末尾 /əri/),与 /ˌɛri/ 不同;temporary 和 necessary 在美音中可读 /ˌɛri/,但在英式或快速口语中也可能弱化为 /əri/。不要只凭 -ary 拼写判断发音。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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