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posterity [pɑ:ˈsterəti]

n. 后代，后世; 子孙; 后裔; 儿孙;
[同义词] 后代: following future generations
[反义词] 子孙;后世;后裔: ancestry

例句:

  • A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity.
    摄影师用摄像机为后代记录下了这个场景。
  • Their music has been preserved for posterity .
    他们的音乐已为后世保存起来。
  • Few of his works will go down to posterity.
    他的作品没有几件会流传到后世.
  • He was writing a history of humanity for posterity.
    来自BBC
  • The diaries were written to be read by posterity.
    来自WSJ
  • Posterity has not been kind to Bobby Darin.
    来自BBC