“同时代”的英语可以翻译为：coevality，contemporaneity，cotemporary ...

真正有远见卓识者往往受同时代人的误解.True visionaries are often misunderstood by their own generation.莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人.Shakespeare was not contemporary with Dickens.他胜过同时代的所有其他作曲家.He excels all other composers of his period....