词汇 | posthumous |
释义 | posthumous adjective formaluk /ˈpɒs.tʃə.məs/ us /ˈpɑːs.tʃə.məs/ happening after a person's death: 死后发生的 a posthumous award死后荣膺的嘉奖 Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom remains roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff toll Related wordposthumously posthumous | American Dictionaryposthumous adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈpɑs·tʃə·məs/ happening after a person’s death posthumouslyadverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈpɑs·tʃə·məs·li/ Dillon was posthumously awarded a Silver Star. Examples of posthumousposthumous No other composer has seen his home town capitalize on his posthumous fame in such a shameless manner. There is too much disagreement over posthumous harms for the fact that it countenances them to be counted unequivocally in favour of a particular theory. There is still more 'posthumous' work to come. Given these concerns, he supports an opting-in approach that requires consent for posthumous organ procurement. This posthumous collection not only makes ten of his best and most representative pieces available for the first time in one place. The former's theoretical position took much posthumous teasing-out by critics to become widely understood. The importance of his work was widely acknowledged, and relevant members of the scientific élite of the time attended a posthumous tribute to him. Posthumous reputations are subject to the vagaries of history. There are also family tombs, memorials to urban dynasties, lined up in all their posthumous dignity. These included extreme youth or age, illegitimacy, economic factors, coitus taboo during pregnancy and lactation, bearing of a posthumous child, and many others. After a poetic silence of more than fifteen years, new volumes appeared in 1896, 1902, 1913, and 1917; two posthumous volumes appeared in 1923. Surely this is the last nail in the coffin of the 'posthumous dialogue'. Posthumous fame was just as important to him as fame and recognition during his lifetime. Some century and a half after it was first conceived, this project has finally received its posthumous post-modern realization. The soul also survives the death of the body, and experiences posthumous happiness or misery in accordance with its level of perfection or imperfection. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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