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after['ɑ:ftə,'æftə]prep. 1 (时间)在…以后;(位置)在…后面:(the) day after tomorrow后天after school放学后half after six<美>六点半(=half past six)Shut the door after you.随手关门.[注意:表示位置时用behind更为普通] 2 (顺序)跟在…后面;(地位或重要性)低于,次于:After you!(客套语)您先请!After you with the paper,please.您看完报纸请给我看.He ranked Jonson after Shakespeare.他给琼森确定的位置是仅次于莎士比亚. 3 (一个)接着(一个):day after day一天又一天time after time再三bus after bus一辆公共汽车接着一辆公共汽车 4 由于,因为;尽管…(但):After what has happened,he won't go.既然发生了这一切,他就不去了.After all our advice,he insists on going.尽管我们劝阻他,他仍然坚持要去. 5 [与某些动词连用]以…为追求(或追赶、纠缠、搜寻)的目标;关于:What are you after?你在追求什么?(或:你在找什么?)run after sb.追踪某人ask(或inquire) after sb.询问某人的情况look after sb.照料某人 6 仿照;依照;与…相称(或相符):a play after Shakespeare一个模仿莎士比亚的剧本His ways are not after our expectation.他的做法不合乎我们的期望.
conj.在…以后:After the work was done,we sat down to sum up experience.工作结束后,我们坐下来总结经验.
adv. 1 (一段时间)以后;后来:He left on Monday and returned two days after(或after two days).他星期一走的,两天后回来了.[注意:two days after等短语不用于将来时]What comes after?后来怎样?(=What comes next?) 2 向后;在后面:look before and after向前看再向后看(或:瞻前顾后)
adj. 1 以后的:in after years在以后的岁月里 2 靠近(船或飞机)后部的:an after cabin后舱
n.下午,午后 |