时间: 2025-04-26 04:49:14
美: ['æftɚ]
英: ['ɑːftə]
adv. 后来，以后
prep. 在……之后
conj. 在……之后
adj. 以后的
最后更新时间:2025-04-26 04:49:14
正式与非正式语境：
特殊场合：在法律领域，常用于描述法律的生效时间，例如：“The law will come into effect after it is signed.”（法律将在签署后生效。）
After the rain, the sun came out.
She arrived after everyone else.
We will discuss the project after lunch.
After much consideration, I decided to accept the offer.
He was tired after the long journey.
*. The team performed better after the coach’s advice.
After the meeting, we will send out the minutes.
She felt more confident after practicing.
He called me after he got home.
After several attempts, she finally succeeded.
同义词：
反义词：
音标记忆法：/ˈæftər/，可以通过发音练*来加深记忆，分解为“af-ter”，并联想“after”即“在…之后”。
词根记忆法：理解词根“aft”，可联想到与时间相关的概念。
通过以上的分析和示例，学*者可以更好地理解和运用“after”这个单词。
[PREP] 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
例：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。
例：After breakfast Amy took a taxi to the station.早饭以后，埃米乘出租车去了车站。
[CONJ] After is also a conjunction. (某事) 以后
例：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。
[[PREP -ing]] 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
例：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。
[[n PREP n]] 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
例：She's leaving the day after tomorrow.她定于后天离开。
[[ADV after v]] After is also an adverb. (某日、某周) 以后地
例：Tomorrow. Or the day after.明天。或者后天。
[PREP] If you go after someone, you follow or chase them. (追随) 在 (某人) 之后
例：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。”
[PREP] If you are after something, you are trying to get it. 以…为目标
例：They were after the money.他们想得到这笔钱。
[PREP] 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)
例："Come back!" he called after me.“回来！”他在我身后冲我喊。
[PREP] 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)
例：...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。
[PREP] 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
例：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。
[PREP] 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
例：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。
[PREP] To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them. 以 (同样的名字命名)
例：He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him.他劝弗吉妮亚给孩子命以他的名字。
[PHRASE] 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
例：...a lawyer who wins three cases, one after another.…一位连赢３个案子的律师。
[PHRASE] 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
例：...people who'd been coming here year after year.…年复一年地来这里的人们。