Posterity
[ pɑ'stɛrəti ]
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n. 后代，后世;子孙;后裔;儿孙;
💡 词根助记
poster后面+ity表名词→后面的人→后代，子孙
📝 例句
You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you.
你可别以为后代会给你昭雪沉冤。
hand...down to posterity
把…传给后世
Byron affected to dispise posterity.
拜伦假装轻视后裔。
Abraham and his posterity.
亚伯拉罕与他的子孙。
The posterity reversed the verdict.
后代把这个案子翻了过来。
🌱 联想助记
post- 后 + er 人，后人，后代
📖 牛津释义
posterity
n[U]
1 following or future generations 後代; 後世
plant trees for the benefit of posterity 为造福後代而植树.
2 (fml 文) person's children, grandchildren, etc; descendants 子孙; 後裔
recorded for posterity 为後人而记载下来的
Posterity will remember him as a truly great man. 他的子孙永远不会忘记他是真正的伟人.
🔁 扩展释义
*[pɒ'steriti]n. 子孙, 后裔【法】 子嗣, 后代, 后裔
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Thus Ellis Island became known as the Island of Tears.
想要进入美国的人都必须经过多次的智力测验和体格检查，大约有200万人不准入境。因此，埃利斯岛被人们称为“眼泪岛”。
The situation seemed hopeless and he knew his life was in danger.
这种情况看来是毫无希望了，他知道他有生命危险。
My parents were visiting relatives, and my grandparents had decided to spend the day at home.
我父母走亲戚去了，祖父母打算那天在家呆着。