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posthumous

/ˈpɑs.t͡ʃə.məs/ 形容词 C1

中文: 死后发表的、死后出版的、遗腹

  1. After the death of someone.
  2. Taking place after one's own death. · Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.
  3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death. · His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.
  4. In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
  5. Born after the death of one's father. · Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers.
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A posthumous jealousy, we will say.
《The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes》,第58页 · B2

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