| 词汇 | after |
| 释义 | after preposition uk /ˈɑːf.tər/ us /ˈæf.tɚ/ afterpreposition (FOLLOWING IN TIME OR PLACE)A1 following in time, place, or order: （时间、地点或顺序）在…之后;（一个）接着（一个） Let's go for a walk after breakfast.我们吃过早饭去散步吧。 life after deathSome people believe in life after death.一些人相信死后灵魂依然存在。 Her name came after mine on the list.名单上她的名字排在我后面。 the day after tomorrowThere's a good film on the day after tomorrow.后天有一部不错的电影。 well afterShe waited until well after midnight.她一直等到后半夜很晚的时候。 soon afterShe went back to work soon after the birth. a quarter afterUSIt's a quarter after four.4点1刻了。 day after dayShe just keeps on working, day after day (= continuously). week after weekShe just keeps on working, week after week (= continuously). We've had meeting after meeting (= many meetings) to discuss this point.我们一次又一次地开会讨论这个问题。 Jessie seemed very small after (= in comparison with) Michael's children.与迈克尔的孩子们比起来，杰西显得很矮小。 The children have to learn to tidy up after themselves (= after they have made things untidy).孩子们必须意识到，自己弄乱了东西，就得自己收拾整齐。 She slammed the door after (= behind) her.她随手砰地关上了门。 We ran after (= followed) him, but he escaped.我们去追他，但是他逃脱了。 Could you lock up after you (= when you leave), please?请你离开时锁好门好吗？ after something afterAfter the show we were invited back to the dressing room. followingThe years following the war were hard. subsequent toSubsequent to her appearance on TV she received many bookings. post-I’m doing post-doctoral research. nextWhat is the next step in your treatment? after everything (that) considering all the things that: After everything I've done for you, is this the way you treat me? after what because of what: After what she did to me, I'll never trust her again. be after someone/somethinginformal to be looking for someone or something or trying to find or get them or it: 寻找;追求;追捕 The police are after him.警察正在追捕他。 after you used to say politely that someone can go ahead of you or do something before you: （用于让别人先走或先用饮食）你先请 "Can I pour you some coffee?" "Oh no, after you."“我给你倒点咖啡吧？”“噢，不用，你先来吧。” I'll meet you down at the club after work. The boat sank almost immediately after it had struck the rock.船撞到岩石上，几乎一瞬间就沉了。 She was amazed at how calm she felt after the accident.事故发生后她是如此镇定，这让她自己都觉得惊奇。 Apply the sun cream liberally to exposed areas every three hours and after swimming. If we turn left at the next junction, we should hit the main road after five miles or so.如果在下一个路口左转弯，走5英里左右后我们就会抵达大路。 Before, after and already afore afterwards already as it isidiom before heel immediate in advanceidiom in advance of something/someoneidiom in the wake of somethingidiom next posterior prepend previous prior priorly prologue scarcely upstream wake You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: After & behind afterpreposition (SIMILAR TO)typical of or similar to the style of: 具有…风格；模仿… a painting after Titian一幅模仿提香的画作 a concerto after Mozart模仿莫扎特风格的协奏曲 C2 used when giving someone or something the same name as another person or thing: 依照…命名 He was named Mark after his grandfather.他以祖父的名字命名为马克。 Similar and the same adjacent affinity akin alike allied ballpark be no better than (a) somethingidiom cognate congruent ditto equivalence equivalency equivalent equivalent of something equivalent to something next door non-distinctive not make any differenceidiom of the kindidiom synonymous GrammarAfter, afterwards After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After as a preposition and conjunction After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After or afterwards as an adverb We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common. When after is used, it is usually as part of an adverb phrase: … After: typical error When after refers to future time, we use the present simple, not the future with shall or will: … Idiomafter all after adverb uk /ˈɑːf.tər/ us /ˈæf.tɚ/ A2 later than someone or something else: 以后，后来;向后;在后面 soon afterHilary got here at midday and Nick arrived soon after.希拉里中午到了这儿，随后不久尼克也到了。 I can't go next week - how about the week after (= the following week)?下星期我去不了，下下星期怎么样？ not standardShe got back at 4.30 and went to see Emilie after (= after she got back).她4点半回来的，随后就去看望埃米莉了。 Synonym afterwardsmainly UK afterwards afterwardsUKAfterwards I was sorry I'd been so hasty. afterThey met in 1962 and got married not long after. laterWhat are you doing later? later onI'll call you later on. at a later dateWe can add these details at a later date. nextNext, a balloon and stent are used to open the blocked artery. He collapsed at work and died soon after. After nine years in Cambridge, Susannah and Guy moved to Watlington, where they lived happily ever after. Let's feed the kids first and have our dinner after.咱们先喂饱孩子，然后再吃饭吧。 You have a good cry and you'll feel better after.痛痛快快哭一场吧，哭过之后感觉就会好很多。 Mary left the company and I found another job shortly after. Before, after and already afore afterwards already as it isidiom before heel immediate in advanceidiom in advance of something/someoneidiom in the wake of somethingidiom next posterior prepend previous prior priorly prologue scarcely upstream wake GrammarAfter, afterwards After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After as a preposition and conjunction After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After or afterwards as an adverb We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common. When after is used, it is usually as part of an adverb phrase: … After: typical error When after refers to future time, we use the present simple, not the future with shall or will: … after conjunction uk /ˈɑːf.tər/ us /ˈæf.tɚ/ B1 at a time that is later than another event: 在…之后 Three months after they moved out, the house was still empty.他们搬出去3个月了，这座房子仍然空着。 soon afterHe was captured in 1940 soon after the fighting began. shortly afterShortly after we set off, the car started to make a strange noise.我们出发不久，车子就发出奇怪的噪音。 immediately afterI went to the post office immediately after I left you. Soon after we set off, Molly said she felt sick. He bought a train ticket immediately after talking to her. I'm going home straight after netball practice. Soon after moving to London, she got a new job. A year after leaving his job, he is still unemployed. Before, after and already afore afterwards already as it isidiom before heel immediate in advanceidiom in advance of something/someoneidiom in the wake of somethingidiom next posterior prepend previous prior priorly prologue scarcely upstream wake GrammarAfter, afterwards After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After as a preposition and conjunction After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After or afterwards as an adverb We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common. When after is used, it is usually as part of an adverb phrase: … After: typical error When after refers to future time, we use the present simple, not the future with shall or will: … after- prefix uk /ɑːf.tər-/ us /æf.tɚ-/ coming after: …之后的 an after-dinner speech宴会后的讲话 an after-hours club深夜营业的夜总会 after-sales service售后服务 Before, after and already afore afterwards already as it isidiom before heel immediate in advanceidiom in advance of something/someoneidiom in the wake of somethingidiom next posterior prepend previous prior priorly prologue scarcely upstream wake after | American Dictionaryafter preposition us/ˈæf·tər/ afterpreposition (FOLLOWING)following in time, place, or order: What do you want to do after breakfast? I expect to return to work after the baby comes. Repeat these words after me. I’ll see you the day after tomorrow. It’s ten minutes after four. Week after week (= For many weeks), he’s been too busy to help. afterpreposition (BECAUSE)as a result of; because: After what she did to me, I’ll never trust her again. She’s named after her aunt (= given the same name in her honor). afterpreposition (DESPITE)despite: Even after everything that’s happened here, his behavior seems odd. afterpreposition (WANTING)wanting to find or have: The police are after him. He’s after Jane’s job. afterconjunctionus/ˈæf·tər/ The house was empty for three months after they moved out. afteradverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈæf·tər/ Hilary drove up and Nick arrived soon after. Idiomafter all Examples of afterafter Individuals entered the lactating herd after purchase or at calving, and left the lactating herd at dry-off or culling. At the same time, the drive to build ' government churches ' after 1815 increased the need for revenue. Both cases and controls were followed up prospectively for 3 months after the case episode. After centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 15 min, 75 ml of the supernatant was inoculated on to two wells of each cell line. Given that the algorithms produce different rankings, after new retrieval, one might expect that the more different the rankings, the better the combined performance. After 1919, and especially from 1926, central government provided subsidies for local authority building, in return for control over house design, size and location. Grandparents were also said to 'keep' the children after school until one or other parent arrived home from work. After the trial had finished, the 'objects of study', two male drug addicts, were to be detoxified with the help of methadone. We live on £63 per week, that's me and three children and after that comes electricity and gas. The patient's next follow-up appointment was scheduled for 2 months after treatment. After all, abductive reasoning is reasoning in a direction reverse to logical implication. The number of households below the threshold after housing costs fell by 1.5 million from 13.9 to 12.4 million between 1996/7 and 2001/2. We conducted follow-up interviews at 6 months after the initial interview. Ethics after all relate primarily to purposes, not processes, and the purpose of research is to contribute to knowledge. After every refinement one could re-evaluate all the bounds from scratch but for efficiency it is desirable to specialise the constraint to the particular refinement. See all examples of after 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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