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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There's a talk on cancer that might be quite interesting, so perhaps I'll go to that.
有个关于癌症的报告可能很有意思，也许我会听听。
However, in recent times the old-age pension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.189
然而阳近一段时间，老年养老金只付给那些最穷的人，因为失业的人数一直在增长。
I turned the corner and looked in astonishment.
我转了个弯，十分惊奇地看着。