Why should I do anything for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 后代，后世;子孫;后裔;兒孫;
?? poster后面+ity表名詞→后面的人→后代，子孫
"Few of his works will go down to posterity."
他的作品沒有幾件會流傳到后世.
adj. 已完成的;煮熟的;合乎禮儀的;合乎規(guī)矩的;
int. （表示接受建議）;
v. 做( do的過去分詞);干;
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你說完，也許我可以說點什么。
近義：made, terminated, accomplished, complete, completed, concluded