posthumous

英 ['pɒstjʊməs] 美 ['pɑːstʃəməs]

• adj. 死后的；死后出版的；遗腹的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 遗腹的
2. 死后的
3. 死后出版的
4. 死后发生的
5. 死后获得的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. occurring or coming into existence after a person's death;

   "a posthumous award"
   "a posthumous book"
   "a posthumous daughter"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He received a posthumous award for bravery.
   他表现勇敢, 死后受到了嘉奖。
2. A posthumous collection of her work has just been published.
   他去世以后，作品集就出版了。
3. Actually he is a posthumous child.
   事实上，他是一个遗腹子。

经典引文

• His friend A. F. Wedgwood..had recently died leaving a posthumous novel.

  出自： L. Woolf

• Hardy's reputation has not taken the accustomed posthumous dip.

  出自： P. Larkin

• He was awarded a posthumous V.C.

  出自： D. A. Thomas

词汇搭配

• posthumous structure 复活构造
• posthumous fold 复活褶皱

近反义词

【近义词】

• subsequent 随后的
• retrospective 回顾的
• delayed 延时的
• following 接着的
• post-obit 死后偿还借据...
• postmortem 验尸