Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14065
Fully loadedposterities
子孙；后裔；后代
posterities is the plural of posterity.
all of the descendants of a particular person
- 1.
All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
所有后代,尤指某个人的子孙。
- 2.
all of the offspring of a given progenitor
某个祖先的全部后代
- 3.
Future audiences, future times, future recognition.
未来的观众、未来的时代、未来的认可。
- 4.
all future generations
后世；未来各代
所有后代,尤指某个人的子孙。；某个祖先的全部后代；未来的观众、未来的时代、未来的认可。；后世；未来各代；子孙
In use
We should preserve these ancient forests for posterity.
The artist created the painting not for fame but for posterity.
Our decisions today will affect posterity.
we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
for posterity
用作状语，表示“为了后世、传给后代”。
The letters were kept for posterity.
这些信件被保存下来留给后代。
posterity will judge
posterity 可作主语，指未来的世代。
Posterity will judge whether the decision was right.
后世将评判这个决定是否正确。
Connections
Collocations
- for posterity
- 为了后代；为了流传后世
- She kept a diary for posterity.她坚持写日记，以留给后代。
- pass down to posterity
- 传给后代；流传后世
- The legend has been passed down to posterity for generations.这个传说一代代传给了后世。
- leave to posterity
- 留给后代；遗留给后世
- We must leave a cleaner environment to posterity.我们必须把一个更清洁的环境留给后代。
- posterity will judge
- 后世将评判；后人会评价
- Posterity will judge whether the reform was successful.后世将评判这场改革是否成功。
- judgment of posterity
- 后世的评判；后人评价
- She did not care about the judgment of posterity.她并不在意后世的评判。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 post 有“之后”的意思，posterity 就是“在你之后的人”——后代。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：历史记录与文献、正式演讲或书面语、保存与传承语境 posterity 属于正式用词，通常用于书面语或正式场合，如历史、法律或纪念性表述中；日常口语中较少使用，更常见的说法是 future generations 或 descendants。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with the stressed /ˈstɛrəti/ ending: prosperity, sincerity, severity, dexterity, and austerity. Beware the lookalike poster /ˈpoʊstər/, which shares the spelling “poster” but does not rhyme with posterity /pɑˈstɛrəti/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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