posthumous
posthumous 英 [ˈpɒstjʊməs] 美 [ˈpɑstʃəməs]
adj. 死后的；遗腹的；作者死后出版的
- If something happens after someone dies, it is described as posthumous — like the posthumous interest in the music of a singer who died "a nobody."
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- adj. 死后的；遗腹的；作者死后出版的
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1. In a presumably posthumous voiceover, Bwana Beast says he would do it all again, in a hummingbird's heartbeat.
在大概是死后的画外音里，比斯特说他愿意再来一次，不过这次是以蜂鸟的心跳。
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2. But while she is alive, unless oocyte retrieval and posthumous conception were clearly her wish, I do not think he can legally consent.
但是，当她还活着的时候，除非摘取卵母细胞和遗腹怀孕明显是她自己的愿望，否则我不认为他是合法的。
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3. Just hours after her family agreed to have her life support switched off, they changed their minds and asked doctors if they could harvest her eggs for posthumous reproduction.
可是在几个小时后，她的家人同意关掉对她生命的医疗支持，他们改变了主意，并询问医生是否可以摘取她的卵子用来遗腹繁殖。
- posthumous (adj.) mid-15c., "born after the death of the originator" (author or father), from Late Latin posthumus, from Latin postumus "last, last-born," superlative of posterus "coming after, subsequent" (see posterior). Altered in Late Latin by association with Latin humare "to bury," suggesting death; the one born after the father's death obviously being the last. An Old English word for this was æfterboren, literally "after-born." Related: Posthumously.
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