posterity
英 [p?'ster?t?]
美[pɑ'st?r?ti]
- n. 子孫，后裔；后代
IELTS低頻詞暢通詞匯
中文詞源
posterity 后代，后世
來自拉丁語posterus,在后的，后面的，來自post,在后，-ity,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- 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 ?ftercneoreso, framcynn.
雙語例句
- 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(huì)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(gè)案子翻了過來.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》