[mass noun]all future generations of people 后代,后世 the victims' names are recorded for posterity. 牺牲者名垂千古。 ■[in sing.](archaic)the descendants of a person (古)后裔,子孙 God offered Abraham a posterity like the stars of heaven. 上帝给予亚伯拉罕的子孙如同天上的星星那么多。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French posterite, from Latin posteritas, from posterus 'following'