1、associate

聯(lián)系;聯(lián)想

Through science we've got the idea of associating progress with the future.

通過科學(xué)我們知道了應(yīng)該把進(jìn)步和未來聯(lián)系起來。

Rap groups have been barred from large musical events because they are associated with vandalism.

說唱組合被禁止參加大型的音樂活動(dòng)，因?yàn)樗麄兪谷寺?lián)想到肆意破壞公共財(cái)產(chǎn)的行為。

使與（某個(gè)組織、事業(yè)或觀點(diǎn)）有關(guān)系;公開支持

I haven't been associated with the project over the last year.

我去年一直沒有參與那個(gè)項(xiàng)目。

The press feels the need to associate itself with the green movement.

媒體感到有必要支持綠色運(yùn)動(dòng)。

與…為伍;與…交往;與…廝混

What would they think if they knew that they were associating with a murderer?

如果他們知道自己正在與一個(gè)殺人犯為伍會怎么想?

They disapproved of her dancing at discos and associating with homosexuals.

他們不同意她在迪斯科舞廳跳舞并和同性戀鬼混。

2、contemporary

當(dāng)代的;現(xiàn)代的

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

她給像惠特尼·休斯敦這樣的人寫了很多當(dāng)代音樂作品。

Perhaps he should have a more updated look, a more contemporary style.

也許他應(yīng)該有一個(gè)更新的形象，更具時(shí)代性的風(fēng)格。

同時(shí)期的人;同時(shí)代的人

Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.

和大多數(shù)同輩人一樣，我生長在一個(gè)截然不同的世界。

a glossary of musical terms found in Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

莎士比亞及其同時(shí)代人音樂術(shù)語匯編

同時(shí)發(fā)生的;同時(shí)期的;同時(shí)代的

drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.

利用官方的記錄與當(dāng)時(shí)的見證者的報(bào)告