posterity
音標[p?'steriti] 讀音漢語翻譯
n. 子孫, 後裔
【法】 子嗣, 後代, 後裔
英文解釋:
名詞 posterity:
- all of the offspring of a given progenitor同義詞:descendants
- all future generations
例句:
- A mule have neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.
- His work must be preserved for posterity.他的作品當傳諸後世。
- He will be greater to posterity if he have be willing to be less great.如果他不自命不凡,那么對子孫後代來說,他就會更加偉大。
- He left behind an immortal example to all posterity.他給後世留下了不朽的典範。
詳細解釋:
pos.ter.i.ty
n.(名詞)Future generations:後代:例句:.Everything he writes is consigned to posterity.(Joyce Carol Oates).他所寫的一切都是為了後代.(喬伊絲·卡羅爾·奧茨)
All of a person`s descendants.後裔:一個人所有的子孫
來源:Middle English posterite 中古英文 posterite from Old French 源自 古法文 from Latin posterit3s 源自 拉丁語 posterit3s from posterus [coming after] * see posterior 源自 posterus [來自] *參見 posterior
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