英语词汇“posterity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pos•ter•i•ty n. [uncountable]

future generations;
one's descendants:He hoped that posterity would view him as a hero and not a villain.

pos•ter•i•ty n.

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.

Latin posteritās, noun, nominal derivative of posterus coming after. See posterior, -ity
Middle English posterite 1350–1400

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posterity /pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ/ n

Etymology: 14th Century: from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after

单词	posterity
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 pos•ter•i•ty /pɑˈstɛrɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] future generations; one's descendants:He hoped that posterity would view him as a hero and not a villain. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 pos•ter•i•ty (po ster′i tē),USA pronunciation n. 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. Latin posteritās, noun, nominal derivative of posterus coming after. See posterior, -ity Middle English posterite 1350–1400 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: posterity /pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ/ n future or succeeding generations all of one's descendants Etymology: 14th Century: from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after
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