posterity的意思

posterity

英式音标[pɑ'stɛrəti]
美式英标[pɒ'sterɪtɪ]

基本解释

n. 子孙，后裔；后代

posterity 后代，后世

来自拉丁语posterus,在后的，后面的，来自post,在后，-ity,名词后缀。

posterity (n.): late 14c., from Old French posterité (14c.), from Latin posteritatem (nominative posteritas) "future, future time; after-generation, offspring;" literally "the condition of coming after," from posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Old English words for this included æftercneoreso, framcynn.

1. A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity.: 摄影师用摄像机为后代记录下了这个场景。