posterity

英式音标：[pɒˈsterəti]

美式音标：[pɑˈsterəti]

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概况：

n. 子孙，后裔；后代

词义：

n.

后代，后世；子孙；后裔；儿孙

英英释义

posterity[ pɔs'teriti ]

n.

all of the offspring of a given progenitor

"we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

同义词：descendants

all future generations

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

His posterity reversed the verdict.
他的后代为他翻案了。

You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.
你可别以为后代会给你昭雪沉冤。

权威例句

Obligations to posterity

Justice, Posterity, and the Environment

Entropy, materials, and posterity

Why posterity matters: environmental policies and future generations.

Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Justice Between Generations

On Prosperity and Posterity: The Need for Fiscal Discipline in a Monetary Union

Oocytes for late starters and posterity: are we on to something good or bad?

Giving a Voice to Posterity – Deliberative Democracy and Representation of Future People

The Induction of Watermelon Pollen Plants and A Preliminary Observation of the Posterity

Polylogue as a platform for governance: integrating people, the planet, profit and posterity

同义词：seed,progeny,progeniture,cion,child

英语词源：

posterity (n.)

late 14c., from Old French posterité (14c.), from Latin posteritatem (nominative posteritas) "future, future time; after-generation, offspring;" literally "the condition of coming after," from posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Old English words for this included æftercneoreso, framcynn.

造句：

1. Abraham and his posterity.

亚伯拉罕与他的子孙。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. "We are always do something for posterity, but I will fain see posterity do something for us."

我们经常在为后代做些事情，但我真想看看后代又为我们做些什么。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. It should be said that, upon Poe, the verdict of posterity has not been unanimous.

应该说，后人对坡的评价不一。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. The posterity reversed the verdict.

后代把这个案子翻了过来。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. hand...down to posterity

把…传给后世

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. Posterity seemed to follow his steps as a train of clients.

子孙后代似乎象一排门客，跟随在他的身后。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.

你可别以为后代会给你昭雪沉冤。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. Work written deliberately for posterity tends to be ignored by posterity as well as by its own generation.

存心传世的著作，往往不为后世子孙和当代人士重视。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. Byron affected to dispise posterity.

拜伦假装轻视后裔。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. In the desert, he might have addressed himself more entirely to his true audience, posterity.

在沙漠里，他倒更能够推心置腹地对真正的听众--后世子孙--讲话。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句