| 单词 | posterity |
| 释义 | posterity noun[U] formaluk/pɒsˈter.ə.ti/us/pɑːˈster.ə.t̬i/thepeoplewho willexistin thefuture: 后裔，子孙，后代Everyattemptis being made toensurethat theseworksofartarepreservedforposterity.正在采取一切措施以确保这些艺术品能流传后世。 In the future & soon
posterity| American Dictionaryposterity noun[U] us/pɑˈster·ɪ·t̬i/thepeoplewho willexistin thefuture: Theirrecollectionswererecordedfor posterity. Examplesofposterityposterity Given their own intervention in the material they copied, it seems improbable that they would have regarded their texts as set down forposterity. From theCambridge English Corpus The handling, then, goes both ways, as the immaterial ghosts become blooded with desire for the soul ofposterity. From theCambridge English Corpus Further more, there were recognized contemporary methods of coping with an incapacitated ruler, which would have been far harder to conceal fromposterity. From theCambridge English Corpus Why did these documents disappear from an office in which even the smallest and apparently most insignificant drawing was saved forposterity? From theCambridge English Corpus Tempting as it would be to attempt a 'history from below ', the soldier's voice has not been directly transmitted toposterity. From theCambridge English Corpus Hisposteritywept, all believing he was buried in the bellies of fishes. From theCambridge English Corpus For fear that dialects would fade away before being recorded forposterity, dialectologists have concentrated their investigations on the description of the old dialect forms. From theCambridge English Corpus Given the general lack of regard for filmposterityamong early twentieth-century producers and distributors, their disregard for the film's posterity is unsurprising. From theCambridge English Corpus Often, the deals they struck, like other legal contracts, were witnessed by notaries and recorded forposterityin the beautiful hand of notarial scribes. From theCambridge English Corpus For that surely is his greatest title to human recognition and posterity's regard. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us hope that detailed notes of their strategic discussions have been preserved forposterity. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet the time scheme of the memorialists, despite its tense orientation toposterity, was not quite like that of a traditional value system. From theCambridge English Corpus Until the advent of sound recording, the only way of preserving music forposteritywas through notation. From theCambridge English Corpus The history of these times we will continue to pass on toposterity. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the early 1900s, all this has changed: popular music has been preserved forposterity. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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