英语词汇“afterthought”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

afterthought

(ɑːftəʳθɔːt , æf- )

Word forms: afterthoughts

countable noun [usually singular]

If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.

Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.

Collocations:

become an afterthought

The fact it happens to be a diesel will quickly become an afterthought, apart from when you realise how little fuel you are putting in.

The Sun (2011)

The extra point in football has become an afterthought, a rarely exciting element to the game.

Christianity Today (2000)

The quality of the food had become an afterthought, and that needed to change.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Long working days and hours on the road mean a healthy lifestyle can sometimes become an afterthought.

The Sun (2012)

mere afterthought

The music was a mere afterthought.

Times, Sunday Times

The jaw-dropping, world-famous, curving laburnum tunnel seems a mere afterthought alongside all this.

Times, Sunday Times

All similar beasts are mere afterthoughts.

Times, Sunday Times

单词	afterthought
释义	afterthought (ɑːftəʳθɔːt , æf- ) Word forms: afterthoughts countable noun [usually singular] If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought. Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her. Collocations: become an afterthought The fact it happens to be a diesel will quickly become an afterthought, apart from when you realise how little fuel you are putting in. The Sun (2011) The extra point in football has become an afterthought, a rarely exciting element to the game. Christianity Today (2000) The quality of the food had become an afterthought, and that needed to change. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Long working days and hours on the road mean a healthy lifestyle can sometimes become an afterthought. The Sun (2012) mere afterthought The music was a mere afterthought. Times, Sunday Times The jaw-dropping, world-famous, curving laburnum tunnel seems a mere afterthought alongside all this. Times, Sunday Times All similar beasts are mere afterthoughts. Times, Sunday Times
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