coeval
US /koʊˈiː.vəl/
UK /kəʊˈiː.vəl/
形容词
同龄的, 同时代的
of the same age or date of origin; contemporary
示例:
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The discovery of ancient artifacts suggests that these civilizations were coeval.
古代文物的发现表明这些文明是同期的。
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His philosophical ideas were coeval with the Enlightenment.
他的哲学思想与启蒙运动同时代。
名词
同代人, 同代物
a person or thing of the same age or date of origin as another
示例:
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He considered Shakespeare his literary coeval, despite the centuries separating them.
尽管相隔数百年，他仍将莎士比亚视为其文学同代人。
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The fossil was a coeval of the dinosaurs.
这块化石是恐龙的同代物。