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

• What will posterity decide about these people?
  子孙后代对这些人将会作出什么样的判决？
• Posterity, of course, has endorsed Hawthorne's judgement.
  后世的人们当然是赞同霍桑的评价的。
• All my posterity has blue eyes just like mine.
  我的子孙们都和我一样是蓝眼睛的。
• 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？
• The posterity reversed the verdict.
  后代把这个案子翻了过来。
• These children in turn reinforce adults 'focus on posterity.
  这些孩子反过来提高了成人对于后代的关注程度。
• 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。
• But these two are Guru Chen's Bodhi vows, so I like to do them for posterity.
  然而这两篇是陈上师的菩提誓愿，所以我乐意将之写出来留给后人。
• 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。
• 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。