寻找，寻求；追赶
have the will and intention to carry out some action
同义词： plan
... apologize to sb.for sth 为某事向某人道歉 be after 随后 do sb. a f***or 帮忙 ...
... after有“追赶，问候，效仿”之意： be after寻求， after学着做， ...
... 终究;毕竟after all 追寻;追求be after 对于某人年龄来说for one’s age ...
... after that 从这以后(用一般现在时); 然后; 随之而后; 在那之后; 自那以后 be after 寻找,寻求; 追赶, 寻找 be after a 想得到a); 追求 ...
寻找，寻求；追赶
How could it be after four and a half billion years?
怎么可能是在45亿年之后呢？
It got to be after 1 a.m. and I was exhausted.
已到了凌晨一点多，我已筋疲力尽了。
What are you going to be after you return home?
你回家后想做什么？
It also bars additional forms of pay except for stock that can only be received after government loans have been repaid.
VOA : special.2009.02.06
So if you now reverse the story that we're telling here, what was the next line supposed to be after sorting left half?
回退到这个过程中来，在对左半部分排完序后，下一步该做什么呢？
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My music will be on less than 72 hours after I'm done the record and copyright it.
我录制完音乐，并且拿到版权之后，72小时之内就传上去了。
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The president set a time limit of twenty fifteen for the design to be completed, after which building would begin.
VOA : special.2010.04.28
Soon,Barton recognized that many more lives could be saved if the men had medical help immediately after they were hurt.
VOA : special.2009.07.26
His next budget, if he does present it, will only be after the 2014 general elections.
Turner insists that Facebook and MySpace aren't the evils that regulators should be after.
If that day comes to landline broadband and video, it will be after much hand-wringing.
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