contemporary

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time. 當代的
She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston. 她為惠特尼·休斯敦等人創(chuàng)作大量當代音樂作品。
2. ADJ Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about. 同時代的
...drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses. …借助官方記錄以及當時目擊者的證言。
3. N-COUNT Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them. 同時代的人
Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world. 像我同時代的大多數(shù)人一樣，我在一個非常不同的世界里長大。

These are radical changes which will alter the complexion of the British contemporary dance scene .
The contemporary dialogue for me struck a slightly discordant note .
She is widely regarded as the high priestess of contemporary dance .
She gave a series of lectures at Warwick University last year on contemporary British writers .
It is a tenet of contemporary psychology that an individual's mental health is supported by having good social networks .