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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The change between hot and cold temperatures makes the blood move around the shoulder and the damaged parts begin to repair themselves.
冷热交替使肩膀周围的血液循环，受伤的部位开始自己修复。
Another, whose language Kunta understood, was crying softly to himself.
另一个人在暗自轻声地哭诉，他的话孔塔听得懂。
There would be pictures in magazines and newspapers, showing crowds of peope with their cameras and noisy, excited talk.
报纸和杂志将刊登出图片，报纸和杂志将刊登出图片，展示那些带着照相机熙熙攘攘蜂涌而至的人群。