posterity
简单释义:
n. 后代;子孙;后世;后裔
网络 子孙后代;后辈
完整释义:
n.
1.子孙;后代
2.后世,后代
3.后裔,子孙
例句:
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The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.
诗人和艺术家从未得到这样美丽而崇高的设计,然而至少他的一些后代是能完成它的。 -
Posterity found Ali right and his critics wrong: human institutions do have a place in settling issues of state.
后人发现阿里是对的,其批评者是错的:人类机构确实在解决国家问题上占一席之地。 -
If there is candor in the world, the truth of these assertions will not be questioned; posterity at least will do justice to them.
若世上有公理存在,这些辩护的真实性将不致遭受怀疑,至少后世子孙会给予它们公平的裁决。 -
That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity.
叫全地都知道你是上主,我们的天主,因为以色列和他的后裔,是归你名下的。 -
If he fretted about what posterity would think of him, it was probably because he doubted our willingness to acknowledge his greatness.
如果他还会纠结于后人对他的评价,那可能是因为他怀疑我们是否愿意承认他的伟大。 -
Abram had to wait for the actual possession, but the LORD entailed the land upon him and his posterity.
但亚伯兰耐心等候真正属他的,而上帝厚厚地恩待他,将全地赐给他和他的后裔子孙。 -
What was once ethereal and fleeting, the adoration of strangers, is now recorded for digital posterity in search engines and Web forums.
曾经虚无飘渺的受欢迎度如今也可以通过搜索引擎和互联网的数据记录在案。 -
Work written deliberately for posterity tends to be ignored by posterity as well as by its own generation.
存心传世的著作,往往不为后世子孙和当代人士重视。