posterity
posterity 英 [pɒˈsterəti] 美 [pɑˈsterəti]
n. 子孙，后裔；后代
名词复数:posterities
- Posterity is a noun meaning "future generations." These people of the future could be your children and great-great grandchildren, or any people who are born after you.
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- n. 子孙，后裔；后代
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1. By law, all the president’s e-mails have to be preserved for posterity—and can be subpoenaed at any time.
法律上，总统的所有电子邮件都必须保存给后代——也能在任何时候用于法庭传讯。
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2. Unlike most spymasters, Wolf preserved his own thoughts on his experience for posterity in his autobiography, Man Without a Face.
不像大多数间谍头子，沃尔夫在他的自传《无面人》中为后代记录了对于自己经历的想法。
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3. Without posterity, there are no grand designs.
如果没有后代，就不会有伟大的设计。
- 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.
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