| 单词 | after¹ |
| 释义 | af·ter¹ /`æftə; ˈɑːftə/prep 1. when a particular time or event has happened 在［某个时间或事件发生］之后:◇what are you doing after class? 下课后你准备干什么？◇after that (=used to say what happens next) 然后: then we went to the museum. after that, we had lunch. 接着我们去了博物馆。然后，我们吃午饭。◇an hour/2 weeks etc after sth we left an hour after daybreak. 我们在天亮一小时后出发。 2. following someone or something in a set or list of things ［顺序上］在…后面:◇whose name is after mine on the list? 名单上排在我后面的是谁的名字？ 3. after 10 minutes/3 hours etc when 10 minutes etc have passed 10 分钟/3 小时后等:◇after a while, the woman returned. 过了一会儿，那个女人回来了。 4. ame used to say how many minutes past the hour it is when saying the time 【美】 ［几点］过［几分］:◇it's 10 after five. 现在是五时十分。 5. day after day/year after year etc continuing for a very long time 日复一日/年复一年等:◇day after day we waited, hoping she'd call. 我们一天一天地等，希望她会打电话来。 6. one after the other when each one immediately follows the one before 一个接着一个:◇we led the horses one after the other out of the barn. 我们将马一匹一匹地牵出马棚。 7. because of something that has happened 由于; 既然:◇i'm surprised he came, after the way you treated him. 我很奇怪他会来，因为你那样对他。 8. in spite of something 尽管，虽然:◇after all the trouble i had, reese didn't even say thank you. 尽管我费尽了功夫，里斯连谢谢也没有说。 9. be after sb to be looking for someone 寻找某人:◇the fbi is after him for fraud. 他由于诈骗正被美国联邦调查局追捕。 10. be after sth to be trying to get something that belongs to someone else 想得到［别人的］某物:◇you're just after my money! 你只是想要我的钱！ 11. after all a) in spite of what you thought was true or expected to happen 终究，根本:◇rita didn't have my pictures after all. jake did. 丽塔根本就没有我的照片，杰克有。◇it didn't rain after all. 雨终究没有下。 b) used when you are saying something that shows that what you have just said is right 毕竟［用于表明刚说过的话的正确性］:◇don't shout at him — he's only a baby, after all. 不要冲着他喊，他毕竟只是个婴儿。 12. be called/named after sb to be given the same name as someone else 以某人之名命名:◇she was named sarah, after my grandmother. 她以我祖母的名字取名为莎拉。→ compare 比较 before¹, since² |
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