| 单词 | contemporary |
| 释义 | Word Frequency contemporary(kənˈtɛmprərɪ) adjective 1. belonging to the same age; living or occurring in the same period of time 2. existing or occurring at the present time 3. conforming to modern or current ideas in style, fashion, design, etc 4. having approximately the same age as one another nounWord forms: plural -raries ▶ USAGE Since contemporary can mean either of the same period or of the present period, it is best to avoidthis word where ambiguity might arise, as in a production of Othello in contemporary dress. Modern dress or Elizabethan dress should be used in this example to avoid ambiguity5. a person living at the same time or of approximately the same age as another 6. something that is contemporary 7. journalism a rival newspaper Derived forms contemporarily (conˈtemporarily) adverb contemporariness (conˈtemporariness) noun Word origin C17: from Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin com- together + temporārius relating to time, from tempus time |
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