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posterity

英 [pɒˈsterəti]

美 [pɑːˈsterəti]

n.  后代; 后裔; 子孙; 后世

TOEFLIELTS法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14065 / COCA.16501

牛津词典

    noun

    • 后代;后裔;子孙;后世
      all the people who will live in the future
      1. Their music has been preserved for posterity .
        他们的音乐已为后世保存起来。
      2. Posterity will remember him as a great man.
        后人将会记住他是个伟人。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-UNCOUNT 后裔;子孙;后代
      You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future asposterity.
      1. A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity...
        摄影师用摄像机为后代记录下了这个场景。
      2. Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity?
        他写下这些笔记是为让后人受益吗?

    英英释义

    noun

    • all future generations
      1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor
        1. we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
        Synonym:descendants

      双语例句

      • We must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity.
        我们必须为我们和我们的后代保护自由的权益。
      • Posterity will not forgive leaders who fail to rise to this great challenge.
        我们的子孙后代将不会原谅没有迎接这一重大挑战的领导人们。
      • He will be greater to posterity if He has been willing to is less great.
        如果他不自命不凡,那么对子孙后代来说,他就会更加伟大。
      • The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.
        诗人和艺术家从未得到这样美丽而崇高的设计,然而至少他的一些后代是能完成它的。
      • Our Founders saw themselves in the light of posterity.
        我国的缔造者是用子孙后代的眼光来审视自己的。
      • Abraham and his posterity.
        亚伯拉罕与他的子孙。
      • Two of his works have been handed down to posterity.
        他有两部作品传世。
      • All my posterity has blue eyes just like mine.
        我的子孙们都和我一样是蓝眼睛的。
      • That herbal prescription has been lost to posterity.
        这种药方没能传下来。
      • Wuzhen has been home to famous people since ancient times, who left valuable spiritual wealth for posterity.
        乌镇自古名人辈出,为后人留下了宝贵的精神财富。