modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date

名詞 contemporary:

1. a person of nearly the same age as another
   同義詞：coeval

形容詞 contemporary:

1. characteristic of the present
   同義詞：modern-day
2. belonging to the present time
   同義詞：present-day
3. occurring in the same period of time
   同義詞：contemporaneous

1. My parents think that the contemporary young people have no respect for authority.
   我父母認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在的年輕人不尊重權(quán)威。
2. He had devoted his whole life to the study of contemporary art.
   他把他的一生都獻(xiàn)給了當(dāng)代藝術(shù)研究。
3. She and I were contemporaries at college.
   她和我在學(xué)院里是同學(xué)。
4. Contemporary reports of the past events are often more interesting than modern historians' view of them.
   對(duì)于歷史上的事件，當(dāng)時(shí)的報(bào)道往往比現(xiàn)代歷史學(xué)家的評(píng)述更為有趣。
5. He is a contemporary of mine, but our experiences are completely different.
   他和我是同齡人，但我們的經(jīng)歷截然不同。

con.tem.po.rar.y

adj.Abbr. contemp.（形容詞）縮寫 contemp.
Belonging to the same period of time:
屬于同時(shí)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(shí)

Of about the same age.
（大約）同年齡的
Current; modern:
當(dāng)前的；現(xiàn)代（派）的：
例句：
contemporary trends in design.
現(xiàn)代（派）設(shè)計(jì)傾向

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

A person of the present age.
當(dāng)前時(shí)代的人

來源：
Medieval Latin contempor3rius
中世紀(jì)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(shí)代]
Latin -3rius [-ary]
拉丁語 -3rius [后綴，表.與…有關(guān)的人.]

【引伸】
contem.porar.ily
<參考詞匯><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(fā)生于同一時(shí)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(shí)：
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于同時(shí)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(shí)出現(xiàn)。 只有contemporary 有.現(xiàn)代的.或.當(dāng)前的.之意：

例句：
I heard a concert of contemporary music.
我聽了一場(chǎng)現(xiàn)代派音樂會(huì)。

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(shí)發(fā)生：
例句：
Opponents of nuclear power tried to organize simultaneous demonstrations in all the major cities.
核動(dòng)力反對(duì)者們?cè)噲D在所有大城市里組織同時(shí)進(jìn)行的示威活動(dòng)。

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(shí)間內(nèi)的一致：
例句：
The animal uttered a series of low cries that seemed synchronous with its heartbeat.
這只野獸發(fā)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(zhì)或時(shí)間段上一致的意思：
例句：
The mass murderer was given three concurrent life sentences.
那個(gè)屠殺群眾的兇手被同時(shí)判處并執(zhí)行三個(gè)無期徒刑。

Coincident applies to events occurring at the same time without implying a relationship between them:
Coincident 適用于同時(shí)發(fā)生的事件但并不暗示它們之間有相互聯(lián)系：
例句：
.The resistance to the Pope`s authority . . . is pretty nearly coincident with the rise of the Ottomans. (John Henry Newman).
.對(duì)教皇權(quán)威的反抗與奧斯曼土耳其人的興起幾乎同時(shí)發(fā)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(shí)發(fā)生，但這些事件有明顯的相互聯(lián)系以至于似乎一件事是隨著另一件事而產(chǎn)生的結(jié)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(xué)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(dāng)comtemporary 被用來指過去的事情時(shí)， 它的含義有時(shí)是很模糊的。Contemporary critics of Shakespeare 可以表示與莎士比亞同時(shí)代的評(píng)論家們或者我們當(dāng)代的評(píng)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(gè)時(shí)代的評(píng)價(jià)家們） 或 modern critics（當(dāng)代評(píng)論家們） 之類的短語以避免產(chǎn)生誤解