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子孙,后裔

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Posterity \Pos*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. posteritas: cf. F.
   post['e]rit['e]. See {Posterior}.]
   1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the
      furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who
      are descended from an ancestor of a generation;
      descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the
      posterity of Abraham.

            If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. Succeeding generations; future times. --Shak.

            Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
                                                  --Shak.

            Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
                                                  --Smalridge.

资料来源 : WordNet®

posterity
     n 1: all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure
          the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
          [syn: {descendants}]
     2: all future generations