contemporary

詳細解釋：

con.tem.po.rar.y

adj.Abbr. contemp.（形容詞）縮寫 contemp.
Belonging to the same period of time:
屬於同時期的：
例句：
a fact documented by two contemporary sources.
由兩份同期原始資料所證明的事實

Of about the same age.
（大約）同年齡的
Current; modern:
當前的；現代（派）的：
例句：
contemporary trends in design.
現代（派）設計傾向

n.（名詞）
【複數】 con.tem.po.rar.ies 縮寫 contemp.
One of the same time or age:
同齡人：同一時代或同一年齡的人：
例句：
Shelley and Keats were contemporaries.
雪萊和濟慈是同一時代的人

A person of the present age.
當前時代的人

來源：
Medieval Latin contempor3rius
中世紀拉丁語 contempor3rius
Latin com- [com-]
拉丁語 com- [前綴，表.合.]
Latin tempus tempor- [time]
拉丁語 tempus tempor- [時代]
Latin -3rius [-ary]
拉丁語 -3rius [後綴，表.與…有關的人.]

【引伸】
contem.porar.ily
<參考辭彙><同義詞>contemporary,contemporaneous,simultaneous,synchronous,concurrent,coincident,concomitantThese adjectives mean existing or occurring at the same time.
這些形容詞表示存在或發生於同一時期的。
Contemporary is used more often of persons,contemporaneous of events and facts:
Contemporary 更多地用來形容人，而contemporaneous 則形容事件或事實：
例句：
The composer Salieri had the misfortune of being contemporary with Mozart.
作曲家薩利埃不幸與莫扎特處於同時代。

例句：
A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation. Onlycontemporary has the sense .modern. or .present-day.:
利率的提高常常與通貨膨脹的增長同時出現。 只有contemporary 有.現代的.或.當前的.之意：

例句：
I heard a concert of contemporary music.
我聽了一場現代派音樂會。

Simultaneous more narrowly specifies occurrence of events at the same time:
Simultaneous 更為狹義地具體指事件的同時發生：
例句：
Opponents of nuclear power tried to organize simultaneous demonstrations in all the major cities.
核動力反對者們試圖在所有大城市裡組織同時進行的示威活動。

Synchronous refers to correspondence of events in time over a generally short period:
Synchronous 指事件在一般為期較短的時間內的一致：
例句：
The animal uttered a series of low cries that seemed synchronous with its heartbeat.
這隻野獸發出一連串似乎與它的心跳頻率一致的低吼聲。

Concurrent implies parallelism in character or length of time:
Concurrent 含有在性質或時間段上一致的意思：
例句：
The mass murderer was given three concurrent life sentences.
那個 * 民眾的兇手被同時判處並執行三個無期徒刑。

Coincident applies to events occurring at the same time without implying a relationship between them:
Coincident 適用於同時發生的事件但並不暗示它們之間有相互聯繫：
例句：
.The resistance to the Pope`s authority . . . is pretty nearly coincident with the rise of the Ottomans. (John Henry Newman).
.對教皇權威的反抗與奧斯曼土耳其人的興起幾乎同時發生. （約翰·亨利·紐曼）。

Concomitant refers to coincidence in time of events so clearly related that one seems attendant on the other:
Concomitant 也指事件的同時發生，但這些事件有明顯的相互聯繫以至於似乎一件事是隨著另一件事而產生的結果：
例句：
He is an adherent of the theories of Sigmund Freud and had a concomitant belief in the efficacy of psychoanalysis.
他是西格蒙·弗洛伊德學說的信徒，自然也就相信解析的功效

Whencontemporary is used in reference to something in the past, its meaning is not always clear.Contemporary critics of Shakespeare may mean critics in his time or critics in our time. When the context does not make the meaning clear,misunderstanding can be avoided by using phrases such ascritics in Shakespeare`s time or modern critics.
當comtemporary 被用來指過去的事情時， 它的含義有時是很模糊的。Contemporary critics of Shakespeare 可以表示與莎士比亞同時代的評論家們或者我們當代的評論家們。 如果上下文不能說清楚意思，可以用諸如critics in Shakespeare`s time（莎士比亞那個時代的評價家們） 或 modern critics（當代評論家們） 之類的短語以避免產生誤解