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

• 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。
• 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？
• The posterity reversed the verdict.
  后代把这个案子翻了过来。
• Two of his works have been handed down to posterity.
  他有两部作品传世。
• 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。
• You Han people also emphasize on the importance of posterity.
  你们汉族人不也讲要有个后代嘛。
• Posterity judges risk takers more kindly than their contemporaries do.
  与同时代的人相比，后人对冒险者的评判更为友好。
• 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。
• His painting technic provided example to posterity.
  在绘画技巧方面，他给后人提供了许多借鉴。
• 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。