posterity
noun /pɒˈsterəti/
/pɑːˈsterəti/
[uncountable] (formal)- all the people who will live in the future
后代；后裔；子孙；后世 - Their music has been preserved for posterity.
他们的音乐已为后世保存起来。 - Posterity will remember him as a great man.
后人将会记住他是个伟人。 - It remains to be seen how posterity will judge her actions.
后人将如何评价她的行为还有待观察。 - The scene was captured for posterity by the camera of Lord Snowdon.
斯诺登勋爵的相机为后人拍摄了这一场景。
词源late Middle English: from Old French posterite, from Latin posteritas, from posterus ‘following’. - Their music has been preserved for posterity.