posterity meaning in English
n.
〔集合词〕
1.后裔,子孙。
2.后世,后代。
短语和例子
Examples
- The posterity reversed the verdict .
后代把这个案子翻了过来。 - You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you .
你可别以为后代会给你昭雪沉冤。 - Posterity seemed to follow his steps as a train of clients .
子孙后代似乎象一排门客,跟随在他的身后。 - It should be said that, upon poe, the verdict of posterity has not been unanimous .
应该说,后人对坡的评价不一。 - Posterity will remember him for the books in which neither farce nor bleakness has the upper hand .
后代记得他,因为他写过几部既不胡闹也不阴冷的书。