The form afterward is also used, mainly in American English. 亦使用afterward，主要见于美国英语。
ADV （某个事件或已提及的时间）之后 If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. →see usage note at: after （某个事件或已提及的时间）之后
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Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.
之后不久，警方逮捕了4名嫌犯。
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James was taken to hospital but died soon afterwards.
詹姆斯被送往医院，但随后不久就死了。
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Not long afterward she received five calls in one day.
不久之后，她一天内就接到了5个电话。
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