| 单词 | after |
| 释义 | preposition | conjunction | adverb | adjective afterafter1 /ˈæftɚ/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition 1WHEN something IS FINISHED when a particular time or event has happened or is finished OPP before: After the dance, a few of us went out for a drink. I go swimming every day after work. What’s on after the 6 o’clock news? Do you believe in life after death?a month/3 weeks/4 years etc. after something A year after the fire, they rebuilt the house. We leave the day after tomorrow.shortly/soon etc. after something Not long after the wedding, his wife got pregnant. Come home right after (=immediately after) school.2LIST following someone or something else on a list or in a series, piece of writing, line of people, etc. OPP before: Whose name is after yours on the list? The date should be written after the address.3TIME used when telling time to say how many minutes it is past the hour OPP to: The movie starts at a quarter after seven.4after 10 minutes/3 hours etc. when a particular amount of time has passed: After 25 minutes, remove the cake from the oven. After a while, things started to improve. After months of arguments, they decided to get a divorce.5day after day/year after year etc. continuously, for a very long time: I get bored doing the same exercises day after day.6go/run/chase etc. after somebody to follow someone in order to catch him or her: Go after him and apologize.7after all a)used in order to say that something is true or is a fact, in spite of something that has happened: He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all. b)used in order to say that something you thought was true is not true: Rita didn’t have my pictures after all – Jake did. c)used in order to say that something should be remembered or considered, because it helps to explain why something else is true or is a fact: I don’t know why you’re so concerned; after all, it isn’t your problem.8SECOND-BEST used when making a list of or naming things, to mean that you have not included a particular thing because that is the first or best one: After dancing, going to the movies is my favorite weekend activity.9BECAUSE OF because of something or as a result of something: I’m not surprised he left her, after the way she treated him. After your letter, I didn’t think I’d ever see you again.10IN SPITE OF in spite of something: After all the trouble I had, Reese didn’t even say thank you.11WHEN somebody HAS LEFT when someone has left a place, when someone is finished doing something, etc.: Remember to close the door after yourself. I spend all day cleaning up after the kids.12ART/MUSIC STYLE formal in the same style as a particular painter, musician, etc.: a painting after Rembrandt13be after somebody to be looking for someone and trying to catch him or her: The FBI is after me for fraud.14be after something informal to want to have something that belongs to someone else: I think Chris is after my job.15call/shout/gaze etc. after somebody to speak to or look toward someone as he or she moves away from you: “You have a nice day, now!” she called after us.16one after another (also one after the other) if a series of events, actions, etc. happen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one: Ever since we bought the house, it’s been one problem after another.17after you spoken used to say politely that someone else can use or do something before you do: “Do you need the copy machine?” “After you.”[Origin: Old English æfter] → see also a man/woman after my own heart at heart1 (23), take afterWORD CHOICE: after, in, afterward, later• You use after to talk about events that happen at the end of a period of time, especially when this period is in the past. The word after comes before time words such as “days,” “weeks,” or “hours”: She left after an hour (=after an hour had passed). After a few weeks, Jerry began to feel better (=not until a few weeks had passed).• You use in, not after, to talk about events that will happen in the future, after the time that is starting right now. The word in comes before time words such as “days,” “weeks,” or “hours”: She will be leaving in an hour (=an hour from now). In a few days, you will start to feel better (=a few days from now).• You use after that, afterward, or later to say that something happens after another event. These words come after time words such as “days,” “weeks,” or “hours”: We had dinner, and an hour after that/afterward/later she left. The doctor gave him medicine, and Jerry started feeling better a few days after that/afterward/later.• You can also use after that, afterward, or later when you are not using a time word that says how long the period of time between events has been: After that, she left. We went out to dinner and saw a movie afterward. Jerry started feeling better later. preposition | conjunction | adverb | adjective afterafter2 ●●● S1 W1 conjunction when a particular time or event has happened or is finished OPP before: After you called the police, what did you do? Walter changed his name after he left Germany.two days/three weeks etc. after Ten years after I bought the painting, I discovered it was a fake.shortly/soon etc. after Not long after we talked, I got the promotion. preposition | conjunction | adverb | adjective afterafter3 ●●● S2 W2 adverb later than something that has already been mentioned SYN afterward: Pat arrived on Monday, and I got here the day after. Not long after, I heard that Mike had gotten married. Having lost the final pages, we can only guess at what might come after (=happen after something else). preposition | conjunction | adverb | adjective afterafter4 adjective [only before noun] 1in after years literary in the years after the time that has been mentioned2technical in the back part of a boat or an aircraft: the after deck |
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