"contemporaries" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 同齡人
• 同時代的人

Definition

與某人生活在同一時期的人，尤其是年齡或時代相近的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於學術、歷史或傳記語境，指同一時期的人，不用於物品。常見於“莎士比亞的同代人”這類說法。

Examples

Many of Einstein's contemporaries respected his theories.

愛因斯坦的許多**同齡人**都尊重他的理論。

Shakespeare and Cervantes were contemporaries.

莎士比亞和塞萬提斯是**同時代的人**。

Your contemporaries are people who are about your age.

你的**同齡人**就是跟你年齡差不多的人。

Unlike most of his contemporaries, he preferred to work alone.

跟大多數**同齡人**不同，他更喜歡獨自工作。

Some of my best friends are my college contemporaries.

我最好的朋友中有些是我大學的**同齡人**。

Artists often get inspired by their contemporaries, not just the masters of the past.

藝術家常常受到他們的**同齡人**啟發，而不只限於過去的大師。