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posterity

/po-ster-i-tee/US // pɒˈstɛr ɪ ti //UK // (pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ) //

后代,后人,后期,后代人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
    • : all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity.

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Examples

  • Less than half of these tech firms, in fact, have formally recorded their leader’s story for posterity.

  • Yeah, for posterity, for his children, for people who were disconnected for whatever reason from their past or their roots.

  • He thought of posterity constantly, and the fear that he had not done enough, that he would disappear before establishing an immortal reputation, tormented him.

  • Comics were cheap and disposable, and the business behind them handled like any fly-by-night racket, with little to nothing preserved for posterity.

  • The threatened inhabitants on this fragile planet must speak out for those generations yet unborn, for posterity has no lobby with politicians.

  • I think posterity will enshrine this body of work among the classics of 21st century jazz.

  • Obtaining this understanding and posterity is easy, according to the website.

  • As he once told Brassai, the Gagosian exhibition catalog states, “I want to leave as complete a record as possible for posterity.”

  • Her face was cast into a plaster mold, preserving her shy smile for posterity.

  • And our victory in that war decided not just a century, but shaped the security and well-being of all posterity.

  • The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.

  • He says that he has sins enough to his account without laying up a reckoning with posterity.

  • Because such covenants are made, not merely in the name of the individuals who enter into them, but also in the name of posterity.

  • As one with his posterity he was bound by requirements that would have brought them under obligation.

  • The magnificent courage and fervor of the Virginians as members of the Confederacy will always be cherished by posterity.