/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
~ (with sb/sth) belonging to the same time 属同时期的；同一时代的
We have no contemporary account of the battle (= written near the time that it happened).
我们没有当时人们对这一战役的记载。
He was contemporary with the dramatist Congreve.
他与剧作家康格里夫属于同一时代。
belonging to the present time 当代的；现代的 SYN modern
life in contemporary Britain
当代英国的生活
contemporary fiction/music/dance
当代小说／音乐／舞蹈
= peer
(plural con·tem·por·aries) a person who lives or lived at the same time as sb else, especially sb who is about the same age 同代人；同辈人；同龄人
She and I were contemporaries at college.
她和我在大学是同学。
He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him.
他是弗洛伊德的同代人，可能认识弗洛伊德