大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 contemporary


释义：

contemporary adj. 当代的，现代的；同时期的，同时代的
n. 同时代的人；同龄人，同辈
[ 复数 contemporaries 比较级 more contemporary 最高级 most contemporary ]

例句：



Contemporary African cinema has much to offer.

当代非洲电影制作艺术有很多贡献。



We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.

我们不想去设计一个当代乌托邦。



She patronizes many contemporary British artists.

她赞助许多英国当代艺术家。



The museum contains 6,000 contemporary and modern artworks.

该博物馆藏有6000件现当代艺术作品。



He is probably the most reviled man in contemporary theatre.

他可能是当代戏剧界遭受谩骂最多的人。



I had mentioned that I didn't really like contemporary music.

我曾经说过我并不真正喜欢现代音乐。



She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston.

她为惠特尼·休斯敦等人创作大量当代音乐作品。



Contemporary dance is coming onto the arts scene again after a long fallow period.

当代舞蹈经过一段长时期销声匿迹以后现在又回到了艺术舞台。



Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.

现代社会的主要特征是消费而不是储蓄。



Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.

把当代的照片与一面16世纪的葡萄牙铜镜摆放在一起。



A significant exhibition of contemporary sculpture will be on view at the Portland Gallery.

一场意义重大的当代雕塑展将在波特兰美术馆展出。



Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best.

听众将就3首现代乐曲中最喜欢哪一首接受民意调查。



Until a few months ago few people outside the arcane world of contemporary music had heard of Gorecki.

直至几个月前，现代音乐神秘世界之外只有少数人听说过戈莱斯基。



Large multinational companies are the chief villains in the demonology of contemporary anticapitalists.

大型跨国公司是当代反资本主义者鬼魔信仰中的首恶。



In its contemporary form, western democracy is held to be ill-suited to our country's cultural traditions.

从其当代形式来说，西方民主被认为不适合于我们国家的文化传统。



In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.

在当代西方世界，快速变换着的款式迎合了人们对新奇和独特性的追求。



The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre was formed in the 1950s and quickly established itself as a leading exponent of progressive choreography and contemporary dance.

阿尔文·艾利美国舞蹈剧形成于20世纪50年代，并很快树立自己为激进舞蹈艺术和现代舞蹈的最主要的典范。



You want contemporary reviews.

你想要当代的评论。



It is the concern of contemporary economists.

这是当代经济学家关注的问题。



It's also what makes contemporary surveillance systems so scary.

这也是现代监控系统如此令人惊惧的原因。



But finally, some contemporary art historians have challenged this view.

但最终，一些当代艺术史学家对这一观点提出了质疑。