posterity

/pɒ'steriti/ uk　 词频 #16501

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posterity 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 子孙, 后裔

[法] 子嗣, 后代, 后裔

英文释义

n. all future generations

posterity 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 posterity 在自然语境里怎么用：

You can and should download useful information locally to keep for posterity.

—— Using the internet like it's 1999

Desire to see things as they are, to find out true facts and store them up for the use of posterity.

—— Why I Write (1946)

As a tribe, such lordly folk possessed a cool eye and a steady hand; they deeply valued public service and civic-mindedness and preparations for posterity.

—— In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

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