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preposition conjunction adverb adjective 🔑 afterBrE /ˈɑːftə(r)/NAmE /ˈæftər/ preposition🔑 later than sth; following sth in time （时间）在…后◆We'll leave after lunch. 我们将在午饭后动身。◆They arrived shortly after 5. 他们是在 5 点钟刚过到达的。◆Not long after that he resigned. 那以后不久他就辞职了。◆Let's meet the day after tomorrow/the week after next.咱们后天/下下周再见。◆After winning the prize she became famous overnight. 她获奖后一夜之间成名了。◆After an hour I went home (= when an hour had passed). 一小时之后我回家了。◆(NAmE) It's ten after seven in the morning (= 7.10 a.m.). 现在是早上七点十分。🔑 … after… used to show that sth happens many times or continuously （表示反复不断或一个接着一个）◆day after day of hot weather 日复一日的炎热天气◆I've told you time after time not to do that. 我一再告诉过你不要干那件事。 ➡ see also one after another/the other at one number 🔑 behind sb when they have left; following sb 跟随；追赶；在（某人）后面◆Shut the door after you. 随手关门。◆I'm always having to clean up after the children (= clean the place after they have left it dirty and untidy). 孩子们离开以后，我总得打扫一番。◆He ran after her with the book. 他拿着那本书在后面追赶她。◆She was left staring after him. 她目不转睛地望着他离去的背影。🔑 next to and following sb/sth in order or importance （按顺序、重要性）在…后面，仅次于◆Your name comes after mine in the list. 在名单上你的名字在我的后面。◆He's the tallest, after Richard. 除了理查德，他的个子最高。◆After you (= Please go first). 请先走。◆After you with the paper (= Can I have it next?). 报纸你看完了给我看。🔑 in contrast to sth 与…对照；与…对比◆It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside. 与户外的湿热相比，屋里真是凉爽惬意。🔑 as a result of or because of sth that has happened 鉴于；由于◆I'll never forgive him after what he said. 由于他说了那些话，我永远也不会原谅他。despite sth; although sth has happened 尽管；虽然◆I can't believe she'd do that, not after all I've done for her. 在我为她做了这一切之后，我无法相信她会那样做。trying to find or catch sb/sth 寻找；追捕◆The police are after him. 警方正在追捕他。◆He's after a job at our place. 他到我们这儿找工作。about sb/sth 关于◆She asked after you (= how you were). 她问候你。in the style of sb/sth; following the example of sb/sth 模仿；依照◆a painting after Goya 一幅仿戈雅的画◆We named the baby 'Ena' after her grandmother. 我们以婴儿祖母的名字给婴儿取名 “埃娜”。after- () happening or done later than the time or event mentioned …后的◆after-hours drinking (= after closing time) 打烊时间以后饮酒◆an after-school club 课外活动俱乐部◆after-dinner mints 餐后薄荷糖 ●ˌafter ˈall🔑 despite what has been said or expected 毕竟；终归◆So you made it after all! 你毕竟成功了！🔑 used when you are explaining sth, or giving a reason （解释或说明理由）别忘了，到底◆He should have paid. He suggested it, after all. 他本来就应该付款，反正他自己也这么提出。●be after doing sth(IrishE) to be going to do sth soon; to be intending to do sth soon 正要做某事；打算就要做某事to have just done sth 刚做了某事 🔑 afterBrE /ˈɑːftə(r)/NAmE /ˈæftər/ conjunctionat a time later than sth; when sth has finished 在…以后◆I'll call you after I've spoken to them. 我和他们谈了以后就给你打电话。◆Several years after they'd split up they met again by chance in Paris. 他们分手几年以后在巴黎又偶然相遇。 🔑 afterBrE /ˈɑːftə(r)/NAmE /ˈæftər/ adverblater in time; afterwards 后来；以后◆That was in 1996. Soon after, I heard that he'd died. 那是在 1996 年。不久以后我听说他死了。◆I could come next week, or the week after. 我可能下周来，或者再下下周。◆And they all lived happily ever after. 从此以后他们都过着幸福的生活。 🔑 afterBrE /ˈɑːftə(r)/NAmE /ˈæftər/ adjective [only before noun] (old use) following; later 后来的；以后的◆in after years 在以后的岁月中 |