contemporary

現代の

今の時代に属する、または今の様式や考え方を取り入れている。

やさしい英語で： Belonging to the present time or using the styles and ideas of today.

• She collects contemporary art.
• The course explores contemporary political issues.
• His house combines old furniture with contemporary design.

類義語： modern, present-day, current

反対語： old-fashioned

よく使う表現： contemporary art, contemporary music, contemporary society

同時代の

ほかの人や物事と同じ時代に存在する、または起こる。

やさしい英語で： Existing or happening at the same time as someone or something else.

• We studied contemporary accounts of the battle.
• The letters are contemporary with the events they describe.
• No contemporary records of her childhood survive.

使い方： contemporary with someone/something (These buildings are contemporary with the castle.)

類義語： contemporaneous

よく使う表現： contemporary with something, contemporary accounts, contemporary sources

同時代人

ほかの人と同じ時代に生きている、または生きていた人。

やさしい英語で： A person who lives or lived at the same time as another person.

• She was a contemporary of my grandfather.
• His contemporaries admired his work.
• The poet outlived most of her contemporaries.

使い方： a contemporary of someone (The painter was a contemporary of Mozart.)

よく使う表現： a contemporary of, someone’s contemporary, younger contemporary