• after /ˈɑːftə/           CET4 TEM4

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    介词 If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event. 在 (某日、某事件) 以后

    After May 19, strikes were occurring on a daily basis.

    在5月19日以后，罢工每天都在发生。

    After breakfast Amy took a taxi to the station.

    早饭以后，埃米乘出租车去了车站。

  • 2

    连词 After is also a conjunction. (某事) 以后

    After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother.

    唐告诉我这件事以后，他谈到了他的母亲。

  • 3

    介词 If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing. 在 (做某事) 以后

    After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided.

    填完并且签名以后，请将表格装入所提供的信封中返还给我们。

  • 4

    介词 You use after when you are talking about time. For example, if something is going to happen during the day after or the weekend after a particular time, it is going to happen during the following day or during the following weekend. 在 (某日、某周) 以后

    She's leaving the day after tomorrow.

    她定于后天离开。

  • 5

    副词 After is also an adverb. (某日、某周) 以后地

    Tomorrow. Or the day after.

    明天。或者后天。

  • 6

    介词 If you go after someone, you follow or chase them. (追随) 在 (某人) 之后

    Alice said to Gina, "Why don't you go after him, he's your son."

    艾丽斯对吉娜说：“你为什么不追他，他是你儿子。”

  • 7

    介词 If you are after something, you are trying to get it. 以…为目标

    They were after the money.

    他们想得到这笔钱。

  • 8

    介词 If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you. 在 (某人) 身后 (喊、叫、瞪眼等)

    "Come back!" he called after me.

    “回来！”他在我身后冲我喊。

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    介词 If you tell someone that one place is a particular distance after another, you mean that it is situated beyond the other place and further away from you. 在 (某地) 以外 (某距离处)

    ...a station 134 miles after the train starts its journey.

    …在火车出发后的134英里以外的一个车站。

  • 10

    介词 If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it. (写) 在 (某物) 之后

    I wrote my name after Penny's at the bottom of the page.

    我把我的名字写在了这页最下面彭尼的名字之后。

  • 11

    介词 You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect. (重要性) 在…之后

    After Germany, America is Britain's second-biggest customer.

    仅次于德国，美国是英国的第二大客户。

  • 12

    介词 To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them. 以 (同样的名字命名)

    He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him.

    他劝弗吉妮亚给孩子命以他的名字。

  • 13

    介词 After is used when telling the time. If it is, for example, ten after six, the time is ten minutes past six. (…点) 过 (…分)

  • 14

    习惯表达 If you say "after you" to someone, you are being polite and allowing them to go in front of you or through a doorway before you do. 您先走

  • 15

    after all→seeall

  • 16

    习语 If you do something to several things one after the other or one after another, you do it to one, then the next, and so on, with no break between your actions. 一个接一个地

    ...a lawyer who wins three cases, one after another.

    …一位连赢３个案子的律师。

  • 17

    习语 If something happens day after day or year after year, it happens every day or every year, for a long time. 日复一日地/年复一年地

    ...people who'd been coming here year after year.

    …年复一年地来这里的人们。

after['ɑ:ftə, 'æf-]

• adj.
  • 1

    located farther aft

• adv.
  • 1

    happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

    it didn't happen until afterward ; two hours after that

    同义词： subsequently / later / afterwards / afterward / later on

  • 2

    behind or in the rear

    and Jill came tumbling after

• 经济学

  • 在……以后

• 交通运输工程

  • 在(或接近、向着)艉部(或机尾)

  • 靠近后尾的(尤指船尾或机尾)

• 历史学

  • 后学-引用次数：3

    参考来源魏晋易学研究

• 航空、航天科学技术

  • 在(或接近、向着)艉部(或机尾)

  • 靠近后尾的(尤指船尾或机尾)

• 从过去开始

  • ... Come and see me in two days' time. 两天后来看我。(从现在开始) after... (从过去开始) rry. 李和我平安地到达黑山县，一切很好，勿念。 ...

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• 此后

  • ... 此后(After) 上海申花队(Shanghai Shenhua)以1-0的比分结束半场比赛(Game) 22-张晨(ZHANG Chen) ...

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• 之后

  • “默认”（Default）和“之前”（Before）通常提供相同的放置方式。 之后（After） 作为当前最终形状节点的输出放置变形器，并创建一个新的最终形状节点。

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短语
• go after
  追求 | 追逐 | 追赶
• look after
  照顾 | 照料 | 照看
• After all
  毕竟 | 究竟 | 虽然这样 | 终于
• Shrek Forever After
  怪物史莱克 | 怪物史瑞克 | 史瑞克
• AFTER THE RAIN
  雨后 | 雨过天晴 | 黑之雨
• day after day
  日复一日地 | 一天又一天 | 天天
• Burn After Reading
  阅后即焚 | 即刻毁灭 | CIA光碟离奇失窃案 | 布莱德彼特之即刻毁灭
• run after
  追逐 | 追捕 | 跟在后面跑
• After Dark
  黑夜之后 | 天黑以后 | 天黑之后 | 黄昏以后

词根：after

• adj.

  • aftermost 最后的；最后部的；最靠近船尾的

• adv.

  • afterward 以后，后来

• adv.

  • 后来，以后

    since / subsequently

• prep.

  • 在……之后

    in the back of

• adj.

  • 以后的

    succeeding