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同时代人
Contemporaries
In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same time period as you are.
在喜剧中，回顾比环顾你同时代的人更重要，因为他们和你一样深受同一时期的影响。
As neither of these two great research scientists was able to find the solution to the mystery, it is small wonder that none of their contemporaries were able to do so either.
由于这两位伟大的研究科学家都未能找到这个谜团的答案，难怪他们同时代的人也无法找到答案。