英语词汇“*after¹”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-留学网

词汇	*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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