happening, done, published, etc. after a person has died 死后发生(或做、出版等)的 a posthumous award for bravery 死后荣膺的英勇奖 A posthumous collection of her work has just been published. 她的遗作集刚刚出版。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPosthumous is used with these nouns:- fame
- pardon
- publication
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin postumus ‘last’ (superlative from post ‘after’), in late Latin spelled posth- by association with humus ‘ground’.