• n. 子孫，后裔；后代

來自拉丁語posterus,在后的，后面的，來自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.

攝影師用攝像機為后代記錄下了這個場景。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Their music has been preserved for posterity .

他們的音樂已為后世保存起來。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

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

他的作品沒有幾件會流傳到后世.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Byron affected to despise posterity.

拜倫假裝輕視后裔.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The posterity reversed the verdict.

后代把這個案子翻了過來.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》