posterity

noun

1. 后代；后裔；子孙；后世
   all the people who will live in the future
   1. Their music has been preserved for posterity .
      他们的音乐已为后世保存起来。
   2. Posterity will remember him as a great man.
      后人将会记住他是个伟人。

1. N-UNCOUNT 后裔；子孙；后代
   You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future as posterity .
   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。
   2. Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity?
      他写下这些笔记是为让后人受益吗？

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。
2. Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity?
   他写下这些笔记是为让后人受益吗？
3. The posterity reversed the verdict.
   后代把这个案子翻了过来。
4. That herbal prescription has been lost to posterity.
   这种药方没能传下来。
5. Two of his works have been handed down to posterity.
   他有两部作品传世。
6. Our Founders saw themselves in the light of posterity.
   我国的缔造者是用子孙后代的眼光来审视自己的。
7. It's uncertain whether our posterity can survive seven more generations.
   我们的子孙也不知能否再活七代。
8. You Han people also emphasize on the importance of posterity.
   你们汉族人不也讲要有个后代嘛。
9. We must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity.
   我们必须为我们和我们的后代保护自由的权益。
10. Who left valuable spiritual wealth for posterity.
    为后人留下了宝贵的精神财富。
11. When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
    计划生下一代时，我们应该记住美德是不会遗传的。
12. What other artist has left so many fascinating, absurd photographs of himself for posterity?
    还有其他什么艺术家能为后人留下如此多迷人、荒诞的个人照片呢？
13. Let us resolve to bequeath renewed prosperity to posterity, not a collapse of the global economy we inherited.
    让我们下定决心，将新的繁荣而非全球经济崩溃的遗赠传承下去。
14. Posterity will judge these leaders on how they respond.
    子孙后代将根据这些领导人的行动，对他们做出评价。
15. The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.
    诗人和艺术家从未得到这样美丽而崇高的设计，然而至少他的一些后代是能完成它的。
16. Whatever posterity may say, it is difficult to see his equal among his contemporaries.
    无论后代的意见怎样，在他的同时代人中是难以看到能与他匹敌的人物。
17. Posterity judges risk takers more kindly than their contemporaries do.
    与同时代的人相比，后人对冒险者的评判更为友好。
18. He left behind an immortal example to his posterity.
    他给子孙树立了不朽的榜样。
19. His painting technic provided example to posterity.
    在绘画技巧方面，他给后人提供了许多借鉴。
20. Nothing can go down to posterity, such as love.
    没有什么，可以永垂不朽，比如爱情。
21. Wuzhen has been home to famous people since ancient times, who left valuable spiritual wealth for posterity.
    乌镇自古名人辈出，为后人留下了宝贵的精神财富。
22. Abraham and his posterity.
    亚伯拉罕与他的子孙。
23. He will be greater to posterity if He has been willing to is less great.
    如果他不自命不凡，那么对子孙后代来说，他就会更加伟大。
24. This fine building should be preserved for posterity.
    这一优美的建筑应该保护好留给子孙后代。
25. What will posterity decide about these people?
    子孙后代对这些人将会作出什么样的判决？
26. But these two are Guru Chen's Bodhi vows, so I like to do them for posterity.
    然而这两篇是陈上师的菩提誓愿，所以我乐意将之写出来留给后人。
27. These children in turn reinforce adults 'focus on posterity.
    这些孩子反过来提高了成人对于后代的关注程度。
28. Posterity will not forgive leaders who fail to rise to this great challenge.
    我们的子孙后代将不会原谅没有迎接这一重大挑战的领导人们。
29. Posterity, of course, has endorsed Hawthorne's judgement.
    后世的人们当然是赞同霍桑的评价的。
30. All my posterity has blue eyes just like mine.
    我的子孙们都和我一样是蓝眼睛的。

noun

1. all future generations

2. all of the offspring of a given progenitor
   1. we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity

   Synonym:    descendants