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
• 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

• You Han people also emphasize on the importance of posterity.
  你们汉族人不也讲要有个后代嘛。
• It's uncertain whether our posterity can survive seven more generations.
  我们的子孙也不知能否再活七代。
• Posterity will judge these leaders on how they respond.
  子孙后代将根据这些领导人的行动，对他们做出评价。
• Whatever posterity may say, it is difficult to see his equal among his contemporaries.
  无论后代的意见怎样，在他的同时代人中是难以看到能与他匹敌的人物。
• Nothing can go down to posterity, such as love.
  没有什么，可以永垂不朽，比如爱情。
• Who left valuable spiritual wealth for posterity.
  为后人留下了宝贵的精神财富。
• The posterity reversed the verdict.
  后代把这个案子翻了过来。
• He left behind an immortal example to his posterity.
  他给子孙树立了不朽的榜样。
• When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
  计划生下一代时，我们应该记住美德是不会遗传的。
• Posterity, of course, has endorsed Hawthorne's judgement.
  后世的人们当然是赞同霍桑的评价的。