当代的英文：
contemporary
the present age

参考例句：

Contemporary big shot
当代大亨

A modern miracle
当代的奇迹

They are the flowers of modern youth.
他们是当代青年的精英。

The compact disc is a miracle of modern technology.
激光唱片是当代技术的奇葩。

He is a famous contemporary educator in our country.
他是我国当代著名的教育家。

The whole paraphernalia of contemporary neoclassical economics seems to have become suddenly obsolete.
当代新古典经济学的全部工具似乎突然变得过时了。

The most influential of the modem type was undoubtedly the U. S. weekly Life (1936-72).
当代最有影响的无疑当数美国《生活>周刊(1936～1972)。

Elizabeth is a fascinating mix of ancient blue blood and contemporary middle class.
伊丽莎白令人倾倒地兼有古代贵族和当代中产阶级的气质。

His Flore Francoise contained an analytical method, closely similar to the dichotomous keys of modern Floras
他在《法国植物志》中提出了一个与当代植物志上使用的二岐检索表很类似的分析方法。

Contemporary history
当代历史

contemporary是什么意思：
adj. 同一时代的，当代的
n. 同代人

outlive one's contemporaries
比同时代的人长寿

This second event was contemporary with the first.
第二个事件和第一个事件发生在同一时代。

The telephone and the gramophone were contemporary inventions.
电话和留声机是同一时代的发明。

present是什么意思：
adj. 目前的，现在的；出席的，在场的；现在时态的
v. 赠送；提出；介绍；举枪瞄准；呈现
n. 礼物；现在

There is at present uncertainty regarding the hazard to health presented by crocidolite.
目前，青石棉对健康的危害尚不清楚。

Some diseases are presented by heredity.
有些疾病是由于遗传导致的。

should alternately present as undulate .
激情平淡应呈波浪形交替出现。

age是什么意思：
n. 年龄；时代，时期；年龄段
v. 长大，变老

This is a bulletin on aging.
这是关于老龄问题的期刊。

They are close in age.
他们年龄相仿。

It will be a production that will be handed on from age to age.
这将是传世之作。