英语词汇“posterity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词	posterity
释义	posterity (pɒsterɪti ) uncountable noun [oft for N] You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future as posterity. [formal] A photographer recorded the scene for posterity. Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity? Synonyms: the future, future generations, succeeding generations Quotations: `We are always doing,' says he, `something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity doing something for us.'Joseph Addison
随便看	not see eye to eye with someone not set the Thames on fire not set the world on fire not sleep a wink not sleep a wink not sleep a wink/not get a wink of sleep not so much not strictly comparable not strictly true not take kindly to not take no for an answer not take something lying down not terribly surprising not that I know of not the be-all and end-all not the only pebble on the beach not the whole story not to be outdone not to be sneezed at not to know the first thing about something not to know the meaning of the word not to mention not to miss a trick not-too-distant future not to put too fine a point on it

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