| 单词 | after |
| 释义 | after¹ 1.(later than)晚于；迟于；在…之后 She arrived just after breakfast.她刚好在早饭后到达。 the day after tomorrow后天 after doing sth做完某事之后 after flying to London坐飞机到伦敦之后 2.(past)过了(某地)以后 A few kilometres after the village, turn right.过了村庄之后再前行几公里, 向右转。 3.(in list, piece of writing)(写)在…后面, 在…下面 D comes after C in the alphabet.在字母表里, D出现在C之后。 4.(trying to catch up with)随…之后；跟在…之后 He ran after me.他追我。 5.to be after sth/sb (trying to find or obtain)寻找某事物/某人；寻觅某事物/某人；寻求某事物/某人 6.to be after sth<非正式>+ someone's property, job觊觎；希望得到 He's after Rick's job!他想得到里克的工作！ 7.to call after sborto shout after sb在某人身后大喊 to stare after sb凝视着某人的背影；目送某人离去 8.to clean up after sborto clear up after sb收拾某人留下的乱摊子 I'm tired of clearing up after you.我已经厌倦了跟在你后面收拾。 9.(considering)考虑过往的事情；想想过去 He deserves some happiness after everything he's been through.想想他曾经历的一切, 现在他理应得到些许幸福。 10.<美>(telling the time)(…点)过(…分) a quarter after two两点一刻 It's ten after eight.现在是八点十分。 11.(expressing hierarchy)位于…之后；次于；亚于 The UK was the second biggest importer of coal, after Germany.英国是第二大煤炭进口国, 仅次于德国。 He ranked Jonson after Shakespeare.他将约翰逊排在莎士比亚之后。 12.<正式>(modelled on)模仿；仿照 a statue after classical models一座古典样式的雕塑 13.<英>(with the same name as)以…的名字命名 She was called Emily, after her grandmother.她叫艾米丽, 和她祖母的名字一样。 to name sb/sth after sb/sth以某人/某事物的名字为某人/某事物命名 He has a street named after him in New York.在纽约有一条街道是以他的名字命名的。 idiom after² ◆after all (giving an explanation)(用于解释)毕竟, 说到底 It was my idea, after all.毕竟, 这是我的想法。 (contradicting an earlier remark or opinion)(表示转折)并不, 并非 He decided his old way of life wasn't that bad after all.他坚决认为自己过去的生活方式并不是那么糟糕。 ◆after you! (please go first)(礼让用语)您先请, 我随后！ ◆day after day日复一日；天天 ◆one after the otherorone after another一个接一个地；连续不断地 She made several phone calls one after the other.她连续打了好几通电话。 Caroline was trying on one outfit after another.卡罗琳一连试穿了好几套衣服。 ◆year after year年复一年 1.(afterwards)随后；之后；后来 the day after后一天 soon after不久之后 2.<文>(in pursuit)紧随；紧跟 3.【海】(sternwards)在船尾；向船尾 after³ 在…之后 after I'd had a rest在我休息了片刻之后 |
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