| 单词 | posterior |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [pɔs'tiəriə] |
| 解释 | adj. (在时间、次序上)较后的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. (在时间,次序上)较 后的(later in time;subsequent) 【记】 post(后)+terior→后 面的; 【同】 参考:posterity(子 孙,后代) 【例】 The posterior section of the plane was struck by a missile. |
| 字源 | posterior (adj.) 1530s, "later," from Latin posterior "after, later, behind," comparative of posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Meaning "situated behind" is from 1630s. posterior (n.) "buttocks," euphemistic, 1610s, from posterior (adj.). Earlier it meant "those who come after, posterity" (1530s). Compare Lithuanian pasturas "the last, the hindmost," from pas "at, by." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 在时间, 次序上较后的 = following = subsequent 【记】post后, terior-后面的 【参】posterity(n 子孙; 后裔); postmodern(adj 后现代主义的); posthumous(adj 死后的)post后; hum土, ous-入土以后-死后的postpone(v 推迟; 使延期) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】post- 后 + rior 较 【相关】superior 较高的, 上级的, inferior 下等的, 下级的 |
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