• n. 子孫，后裔；后代

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)posterus,在后的，后面的，來(lái)自post,在后，-ity,名詞后綴。

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 ?ftercneoreso, framcynn.

1. A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity.

攝影師用攝像機(jī)為后代記錄下了這個(gè)場(chǎng)景。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Their music has been preserved for posterity .

他們的音樂(lè)已為后世保存起來(lái)。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Few of his works will go down to posterity.

他的作品沒(méi)有幾件會(huì)流傳到后世.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Byron affected to despise posterity.

拜倫假裝輕視后裔.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. The posterity reversed the verdict.

后代把這個(gè)案子翻了過(guò)來(lái).

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》