单词 | posterity |
释义 | posterity (pɒsterɪti ) uncountable noun [oft for N] You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future as posterity. [formal] A photographer recorded the scene for posterity. Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity? Synonyms: the future, future generations, succeeding generations Quotations: `We are always doing,' says he, `something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity doing something for us.' |
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