posterity
n.
1. 后裔, 子孙
2. 后代, 后世
n.[U]
1. 后裔,子孙
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。
He left behind an immortal example to all posterity.
他给后世留下了不朽的典范。
His work must be preserved for posterity.
他的作品当传诸後世.
He will be greater to posterity if he have be willing to be 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。
A mule have neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.
骡子既无足以自豪的祖宗，亦无可以寄托希望的子孙。
名词posterity
1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor
同义词：descendants
2. all future generations
同义词
n. 后代
n. 子孙,种子;继承人
反义词
n. 子孙;后世;后裔
go down to posterity (=go down to history)
传至后代, 载入史册