- after
- ['ɑːftə(r)]
1. prep
1) (in time) 在...以后 [zài...yǐhòu]
She arrived just after breakfast. — 她刚好在早饭后到。
2) (in place, order) 在...后面 [zài...hòumiàn]2. advI wrote my signature after Penny's. — 我把名字签在潘妮的后面。
(afterwards) 以后 [yǐhòu]3. conjSoon after, he began preparing the meal. — 不久以后，他开始准备饭菜。
(once) 在...以后 [zài...yǐhòu]They felt ill after they had eaten. — 他们吃完后感到不舒服。
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the day after tomorrow — 后天*
it's ten after eight — (US) 现在是8点过10分 英 = past*
day after day/year after year — 日复一日/年复一年*
to call/shout/stare after sb — 在某人身后叫/喊/瞪眼*
the second biggest, after Germany — 紧随德国之后的第二大*
to clean/tidy/clear up after sb — (for) 替某人打扫/整理/清理*
to be after sb — (chasing, following) 追逐某人The police are after him. — 警察在追缉他。
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to be after sth — (trying to get) 想得到某物*
to ask after sb — 询问某人的情况*
to be named after sb/sth — (BRIT) 以某人/某物的名字命名*
after all — 毕竟*
after you! — 您先请！*
after doing sth — 做完某事后••after flying to London — 飞抵伦敦后
after、afterwards 和 later 用于表示某事发生在说话的时间，或者某个特定事情之后。after 可以和 not long、shortly 等连用。After dinner she spoke to him...I returned to England after visiting India...Shortly after, she called me. 在无须指明某个特定时间或事件时，可以用 afterwards。Afterwards we went to a night club...You'd better come and see me later. afterwards 可以和 soon、shortly 等连用。Soon afterwards, he came to the clinic. later 表示某事发生在说话之后，可以和 a little、much 或 not much 等连用。I'll go and see her later...A little later, the lights went out... I learned all this much later. 可以用 after、afterwards 和 later 后跟表示时间段的词语，表示某事发生的时间。 ... five years after his death...She wrote about it six years later/afterwards.
English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.
