af·ter·wards
adverb/ˈɑːftəwədz/
/ˈæftərwərdz/
(especially British English) (North American English usually afterward)
- at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned
以后；后来 - Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.
后来她后悔说了那些话。 - Let's go out now and eat afterwards.
咱们现在出去，然后再吃饭。 - Shortly afterwards he met her again.
不久之后，他又遇到了她。 - He took his family to supper at a restaurant, and soon afterwards, he fell ill.
他带家人去餐馆吃晚饭，随后就病倒了。
Extra Examples- They decided to have another child, and Jake was born not long afterwards.
他们决定再要一个孩子，不久之后杰克就出生了。 - Steve and I remained friends for years afterwards.
多年后，史蒂夫和我一直是朋友。 - Only afterwards did we realise how lucky we were to get away.
后来我们才意识到我们能逃脱是多么幸运。
Word OriginOld English æftewearde, from æftan ‘aft’ + -wards (see -ward), influenced by after. - Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.