coeval
US /koʊˈiː.vəl/
UK /kəʊˈiː.vəl/
形容詞
同齡的, 同時代的
of the same age or date of origin; contemporary
範例:
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The discovery of ancient artifacts suggests that these civilizations were coeval.
古代文物的發現表明這些文明是同期的。
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His philosophical ideas were coeval with the Enlightenment.
他的哲學思想與啟蒙運動同時代。
名詞
同代人, 同代物
a person or thing of the same age or date of origin as another
範例:
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He considered Shakespeare his literary coeval, despite the centuries separating them.
儘管相隔數百年，他仍將莎士比亞視為其文學同代人。
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The fossil was a coeval of the dinosaurs.
這塊化石是恐龍的同代物。