1、associate

联系;联想

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

通过科学我们知道了应该把进步和未来联系起来。

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

说唱组合被禁止参加大型的音乐活动，因为他们使人联想到肆意破坏公共财产的行为。

使与（某个组织、事业或观点）有关系;公开支持

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

我去年一直没有参与那个项目。

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

媒体感到有必要支持绿色运动。

与…为伍;与…交往;与…厮混

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

如果他们知道自己正在与一个杀人犯为伍会怎么想?

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

他们不同意她在迪斯科舞厅跳舞并和同性恋鬼混。

2、contemporary

当代的;现代的

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

她给像惠特尼·休斯敦这样的人写了很多当代音乐作品。

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

也许他应该有一个更新的形象，更具时代性的风格。

同时期的人;同时代的人

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

和大多数同辈人一样，我生长在一个截然不同的世界。

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

莎士比亚及其同时代人音乐术语汇编

同时发生的;同时期的;同时代的

drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.

利用官方的记录与当时的见证者的报告