Posterity
[ pɑ'stɛrəti ]
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n. 后代，后世;子孙;后裔;儿孙;
💡 词根助记
poster后面+ity表名词→后面的人→后代，子孙
📝 例句
You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.
你可别以为后代会给你昭雪沉冤。
hand...down to posterity
把…传给后世
Byron affected to dispise posterity.
拜伦假装轻视后裔。
Abraham and his posterity.
亚伯拉罕与他的子孙。
The posterity reversed the verdict.
后代把这个案子翻了过来。
🌱 联想助记
post- 后 + er 人，后人，后代
📖 牛津释义
posterity
n[U]
1 following or future generations 後代; 後世
plant trees for the benefit of posterity 为造福後代而植树.
2 (fml 文) person's children, grandchildren, etc; descendants 子孙; 後裔
recorded for posterity 为後人而记载下来的
Posterity will remember him as a truly great man. 他的子孙永远不会忘记他是真正的伟人.
🔁 扩展释义
*[pɒ'steriti]n. 子孙, 后裔【法】 子嗣, 后代, 后裔
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See you next Friday.
下星期五见。
Maori families are often large, and uncles, aunts, grandparents and other relations may come to stay with the family for long periods.
毛利人的家庭通常很大，叔伯、婶娘、爷爷奶奶以及其他亲戚均可来与家里人长时期地住在一起。
The death of Gandhi gave India a chance to mourn and express how he had become father to all Indians. Millions watched the slow march that took his body through the capital.
甘地之死给印度一个悼念的机会，让人们表达他是怎样成为全印度人民的父亲的。