Posterior
[pɒ'stɪərɪə] or [pɑ'stɪrɪɚ]
解释:
(a.) Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.
(a.) Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
(a.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.
(a.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower.
格雷西校对
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Subsequent, following, later, after, succeeding, ensuing.[2]. Hind, hinder, back, rear.
邦妮整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Later, subsequent
ANT:Earlier, precedent, antecedent, prior
校对:塞勒斯特
解释:
adj. coming after: later in time or in position: situated behind: hinder.—n. Posterior′ity state of being posterior—opp. to Priority.—adv. Postē′riorly.—n.pl. Postē′riors short for posterior parts: (hum.) the latter part buttock.—n. Poster′ity those coming after: succeeding generations: descendants: a race.
整理:朱莉安娜
例句:
- So that the impressions of reflexion are only antecedent to their correspondent ideas; but posterior to those of sensation, and derived from them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- In the modern history of Europe, their extension and improvement have generally been posterior to those which were the offspring of foreign commerce. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Then turning round its body, it extracts the white albuminous substance with its posterior and narrow pair of pincers. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The anterior and posterior limbs in all the higher vertebrate classes are plainly homologous. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- It has been posterior likewise to the national debt; but the national debt has most assuredly not been the cause of it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
编辑:基蒂