| 词汇 | after |
| 释义 | afterWord family nounafteringsaftersafterbirthafterburnerafterburningaftercareafterdeckaftereffectaftergameafterglowaftergrassaftergrowthafterheatafterlifeaftermarketaftermathafternoonafterpainsafterpieceaftershaftaftershaveaftershockaftersunaftersupperafterswarmaftertasteafterthoughtaftertimeafterwordafterworldadverbafterwardverbaftereyeadjectiveaftersalesprepositionafter Chronology, Visual af·ter1 /ˈɑːftə $ ˈæftər/ ●●● S1 W1 prepositionprep , conjunction , adverb 1 AFTERwhen a particular event or time has happened, or when someone has done something 〔时间上〕在…后 OPP before After the war many soldiers stayed in France. 战后，许多士兵留在法国。 I go swimming every day after work. 我每天下班后都去游泳。 Do you believe in life after death? 你相信人死后还有来生吗？ The first attack started just after midnight. 刚过午夜，第一波进攻开始了。 David went to bed straight after (=immediately after) supper. 戴维一吃完晚饭就去睡觉了。 After you’d called the police, what did you do? 报警之后，你做了些什么？ Zimmerman changed his name after he left Germany. 齐默尔曼离开德国后改了名字。 People still remember the 1958 revolution and what came after (=happened after it). 人们依然记得1958年的那场革命和之后发生的事。 after doing something After leaving school, Mackay worked in a restaurant for a year. 中学毕业后，麦凯在一家餐厅工作了一年。 two days/three weeks etc after (something) Ten years after he bought the painting, Carswell discovered that it was a fake. 卡斯韦尔买下那幅画十年后发现它是赝品。 the day/week/year etc after (something) (=the next day, week etc) （某事）发生后的第二天/周/年等 His car was outside your house the morning after Bob’s engagement party. 鲍勃订婚宴会的第二天早上，他的车停在你家门外。 I’ll see you again tomorrow or the day after. 明天或后天我会再来看你。 She retired from politics the year after she received the Nobel Prize. 她获得诺贝尔奖的第二年退出了政坛。 soon/not long/shortly after (something) Not long after the wedding, his wife became ill. 婚后不久，他的妻子就病了。 The family moved to Hardingham in June 1983, and Sarah’s first child was born soon after. 1983年6月，全家人移居哈丁厄姆，不久萨拉的第一个孩子出生了。 2 AFTERwhen a particular amount of time has passed 〔一段时间〕以后 OPP before After ten minutes remove the cake from the oven. 十分钟后，把蛋糕从烤炉中取出。 You’ll get used to it after a while. 过一阵子你就会习惯的。 After months of negotiation, an agreement was finally reached. 经过数月谈判，终于达成了一项协议。 3 AFTERfollowing someone or something else in a list or a piece of writing, or in order of importance 〔在清单或一段文字中，或指主次顺序〕在…之后 Whose name is after yours on the list? 名单上谁的名字排在你后面？ The date should be written after the address. 日期应写在地址之后。 After football, tennis is my favourite sport. 除了足球，网球是我最喜爱的体育活动。 The UK is the world’s third largest arms producer, after the USA and Russia. 英国是世界第三大武器生产国，位列美国和俄罗斯之后。 4 American EnglishAmETMC used when telling the time to say how many minutes have passed since a particular hour 〔整点〕过〔几分〕 SYN British English past The movie starts at a quarter (=fifteen minutes) after seven. 电影七点一刻开始放映。 5 day after day/year after year etc CONTINUOUScontinuously for a very long time 日复一日/年复一年等 He’s worked in that same office week after week, year after year, since he was 18. 18岁开始，他就日复一日、年复一年地一直在那同一个办公室工作。 6 a) CATCHfollowing someone in order to stop or speak to them 追赶〔某人〕 Go after him and apologize. 追上去向他道歉。 I heard someone running after me, and a voice called my name. 我听见有人追上来，一个声音在叫我的名字。 b) in the direction of someone who has just left 朝向〔刚离开的人〕 ‘Good luck, ’ she called after me as I left. “祝你好运。”我走的时候她朝我喊道。 Harry stood in the doorway gazing after her. 哈里站在门口注视着她的背影。 7 AFTERwhen someone has left a place or has finished doing something 在〔某人离开某地或做完某事〕后 Remember to close the door after you. 请记住随手关门。 I spend all day cleaning up after the kids. 我整天跟在孩子们后面收拾。 8 BECAUSEbecause of something that happened earlier 由于；既然 I’m not surprised he walked out, after the way she treated him. 她那样对待他，所以他离开我并不感到吃惊。 After your letter, I didn’t think I’d ever see you again. 由于你的这封信，我想我再也不会见你了。 9 DESPITEin spite of something that was done in the past 尽管，虽然 How can you treat me like this after all I’ve done for you? 我为你做了那么多，你怎么能这样对我？ 10 when you have passed a particular place or travelled a certain distance along a road 过〔某地或某段路〕以后 Turn left after the hotel. 过了那家酒店后往左转。 After a mile you will come to a crossroads. 走一英里后你会来到一个十字路口。 11 be after somebody/something a) LOOK FORto be looking for someone or something 寻找某人/某物 That boy’s always in trouble – the police are after him again. 那个男孩子老是惹麻烦——警察又在找他了。 ‘Were you after anything in particular?’ ‘No, we’re just looking.’ “有什么特别想要的吗？”“不，我们只是随便看看。” b) informalWANT to want to have something that belongs to someone else 想占有〔他人之物〕 I think Chris is after my job. 我觉得克里斯要抢我的饭碗。 12 one after another/one after the other SERIESif a series of events or actions happen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one 一个接一个 Ever since we moved here it’s been one problem after another. 自从我们搬到这里之后，问题一个接着一个。 13 after all a) IN FACTin spite of what you thought was true or expected to happen 终究，还是 He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all. 他写信说他们还是不能给我一份工作。 Union leaders announced that they would, after all, take part in the national conference. 工会领导人宣布，他们还是要参加这次全国会议。 b) IN FACTused to say that something should be remembered or considered, because it helps to explain what you have just said 毕竟 Prisoners should be treated with respect – they are human beings after all. 囚犯应该得到尊重——毕竟他们也是人。 I don’t know why you’re so concerned – it isn’t your problem after all. 我不明白你为什么这样担心，这毕竟不是你的问题。 Examples from the Corpus after all• He wrote to say they couldn't give me a job after all.• But some things are private, after all.• Is that on the cards, or has Unesco got some rules that he is going to enforce after all?• It was her father's home, after all.• It was their country, after all.• Something should be celebrated after all, in these dim days.• I don't know why you're so concerned; after all, it isn't your problem.• Rita didn't have my pictures after all - Jake did.• Printing and presentation should be as attractive as possible - after all the library is an attractive place isn't it?• These are, after all, very familiar species. 14 NAME OF A PERSON especially British EnglishBrE used to say who or what first had the name that someone or something has been given 以…命名 His name is Alessandro, after his grandfather. 他叫亚历山德罗，取的是他祖父的名字。 It was named Waterloo Bridge, after the famous battle. 它叫滑铁卢桥，以那场著名的战役命名。 15 formalAPAV in the same style as a particular painter, musician etc 具有…的风格，模仿 a painting after Rembrandt 仿伦勃朗风格的画 16 → a man/woman after my own heart at heart1(22), → take after at take1a) after you spokenAFTER used to say politely that someone else can use or do something before you do 你先请 ‘Do you need the copier?’ ‘After you.’ “你要用复印机吗？”“你先用吧。” b) after you with somethingAFTER used to ask someone if you can have or use something after they have finished 你用完某物之后给我 After you with that knife, please. 你用完刀子后请给我。 THESAURUS after prepositionprep after something happens, or after a period of time has passed. After is used especially when talking about the past 在…后〔尤用于谈论过去〕 We went for a walk after lunch. 我们吃完午饭去散步了。 After an hour, we got tired of waiting and went home. 一小时后，我们等得不耐烦就回家了。 nThey got married just after Christmas. in prepositionprep after a particular period of time. In is used especially when talking about the future, especially the next few minutes, hours, days etc 在〔某段时间〕之后〔尤用于谈论将来，尤指接下来的几分钟、几小时、几天等〕 The concert’s due to start in a few minutes. 音乐会几分钟后就要开始。 I’ll come back in an hour. 我一小时以后回来。 In a few years’ time, this place will look completely different. 几年以后这地方会完全变样。 within prepositionprep after less than a month, two weeks etc has passed – used especially when the time seems surprisingly short 一个月/两星期等之内〔尤用于表示时间出奇地短〕: within a month/two weeks etc nHe developed a headache at lunchtime, and within two hours he was dead. Within two days of arriving she had managed to upset everyone. 她到了没两天就把大家都得罪了。 24 hours/a year etc from now at a time 24 hours, a year etc after now 24小时/一年等以后 A week from now we’ll be in Paris. 一星期后我们就在巴黎了。 afterwards (also afterward especially American EnglishAmE) adverbadv after an event or time you have mentioned 〔上文提到的事或时间〕之后；随后 nJones admitted afterwards that she had been very nervous during the game. nSpeaking to reporters afterward, he said the operation had been a success. He moved to Belgium, and soon afterwards he met Angela. 他移居比利时，之后不久就认识了安杰拉。 later adverbadv some time after now or after the time you are talking about 以后，后来 I’ll tell you about it later when I’m less busy. | two months/three years etc later 两个月/三年等以后: 晚些时候等我空闲一点再告诉你。 James went off, and came back ten minutes later with some food. 詹姆斯走了，十分钟以后带了些食物回来。 subsequently adverbadv formal after something had happened in the past 后来 The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages. 这本书于1954年出版，后来被译成15种语言。 Examples from the Corpus after• After a few minutes, she fell asleep.• At first I was very nervous, but after a while I began to feel more confident.• After a while, we got tired of waiting and went home.• After all the trouble I had, Reese didn't even say thank you.• The war ended after another six months of fighting.• After dancing, going to the movies is my favorite weekend activity.• Do you believe in life after death?• After half an hour we got tired of waiting and went home.• There were several people after me who didn't manage to get into the game.• a painting after Rembrandt• The movie starts at a quarter after seven.• After ten days, their supplies of water were running low.• What's on after the 6 o'clock news?• The date should be written after the address.• After the dance, a few of us went out for a drink.• I'm not surprised he left her, after the way she treated him.• I go swimming every day after work.• After your letter, I didn't think I'd ever see you again.• My name is after yours on the list.• Whose name is after yours on the list? soon/not long/shortly after (something)• Her fiance was there; they married and then divorced not long after.• This ambition becomes more predominant in his character not long after his encounter with the witches.• But not long after, it was back.• She had confided this to Liz in a tearful moment, not long after Jonathan had run off with the Williams girl.• The pity of it was, not long after my father died in 1933 things improved quite a lot in the material sense.• Two can be seen not long after the start of the Cliff Walk.• They were wrong. Not long after they arrived home, Allison began to feel the familiar pains and called the doctor.• It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester's service. after2 adjectiveadj [only before noun] 1. in after years literaryAFTER in the years after the time that has been mentioned 在后来的年月里 2. TTWTTA technical in the back part of a boat or an aircraft 〔船或飞机〕后部的 Examples from the Corpus after• the after deck• A packed Hall of graduates and undergraduates gave Baroness Park an affectionate standing ovation at the end of her after dinner speech.• Abaft the after head is a large locker accessed either through a door in the head or from the cockpit.• Several men in the after shell-room lingered there too long... and were drowned.• Our friendly wine bar is also there for your pre-show drink, your interval glass of wine or your after show socialising. after- /ɑːftə $ æftər/ prefix AFTERcoming or happening afterwards 在…以后（的） OPP pre- an after-dinner speech 餐后演说 after-school activities 课外活动 Examples from the Corpus after-• aftereffects• the afterlife Old English æfter →THESAURUS1after2 adjectiveadjafter- prefix |
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