contemporary1/kənˋtɛmpə͵rɛrI; kənˈtemp$rəri/adj 1 belonging to the present time [ modern ] 当代的: contemporary music/art/dance etc an exhibition of contemporary art 当代艺术展2 done or existing at the same time 同时代的: contemporary accounts of the war 当时有关那场战争的记载+with letters contemporary with his earliest compositions 和他最早期作品同时期的书信
contemporary2n [C] plural contemporaries someone who lives or works at the same time as someone else 同时代的人﹔同辈: Mozart was admired by his contemporaries. 莫扎特为他同时代的人所敬仰。
contemporarycontemporarycontemporaries2noun (pluralcontemporaries)a person who lives or does something at the same time as somebody elsecontemporarycontemporarycontemporaries1adjective1belonging to the same time as somebody or something else2belonging to the present timesame meaningmodern: contemporary art