形容词当代的，现代的; 同时代的，同属一个时期的
名词同代人; 同辈人; 同龄人; 当代人
形容词
1. His lecture is on contemporary American novelists.
他的演讲是关于当代美国小说家的。
2. contemporary是什么意思
2. Was Ben Jonson contemporary with Shakespeare?
班强森是否与莎士比亚同辈？
名词
1. He was looked down upon by his contemporaries.
他被他同时代的人瞧不起。
2. He and I were contemporaries at school.
他和我是同期同学。