| 单词 | after |
| 释义 | after (ɑːftəʳ , æftəʳ ) In addition to the uses shown below, after is used in phrasal verbs such as 'ask after', 'look after', and 'take after'. 1. preposition A1 If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event. After 19 May, strikes were occurring on a daily basis. After breakfast Amy ordered a taxi. It wasn't until after Christmas that I met Paul. After is also a conjunction. After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother. Marina cared for him after he seriously injured his eye several years ago. 2. preposition [PREP v-ing] B1 If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing. After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided. ...women who have changed their mind after deciding not to have children. After flying from Los Angeles to London, allow four full days to adjust. 3. preposition A1 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. She's leaving the day after tomorrow. ...the party's annual conference, to be held the week after next. After is also an adverb. Tomorrow. Or the day after. 4. preposition B1 If you go after someone, you follow or chase them. He walked out, and Louise went after him. ...people who were after him for large amounts of money. Synonyms: following, chasing, pursuing, on the hunt for 5. preposition If you are after something, you are trying to get it. They were after the money. I did eventually find what I was after. Synonyms: looking for, searching for, in search of, trying to find 6. preposition B2 If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you. 'Come back!' he called after me. Claire stared after him until he disappeared around a corner. 7. preposition If you do something after someone, you do it for them, because they cannot or will not do it for themselves. She used to mess up the floor and I had to clean up after her. Synonyms: because of, in the wake of, in the aftermath of, on account of 8. preposition A2 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. A few kilometres after the village, turn right to Montelabate. 9. preposition A2 If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it. I wrote my name after Penny's. 10. preposition B2 You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect. After Germany, America is Britain's second-biggest customer. Methane is often regarded as the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Synonyms: apart from, barring, excepting, next to 11. preposition To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them. [British] Phillimore Island is named after Sir Robert Phillimore. He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him. Synonyms: with the same name as, in the name of, in honour of, the same as 12. convention If you say 'after you' to someone, you are being polite and allowing them to go in front of you or through a doorway before you do. [politeness] 'After you.'—'Not at all, Mr Bird, after you.' 13. preposition After is used when telling the time. If it is, for example, ten after six, the time is ten minutes past six. [US] 14. after all phrase B2 You use after all when introducing a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said. I thought you might know somebody. After all, you're the man with connections. 15. one after the other phrase B2 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. Sybil ate three biscuits, one after the other. Caroline was trying on one outfit after another. 16. day after day/year after year phrase A2 If something happens day after day or year after year, it happens every day or every year, for a long time. I waited for news, day after day, expecting to hear. ...people who'd been coming here year after year. after- (ɑːftəʳ- , æftəʳ- ) combining form [ADJECTIVE noun] After- is added to nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something takes place or exists after an event or process. ...an after-dinner speech. ...a delicious after-show supper at a restaurant in Gerard Street. After-tax profit fell by 28 percent. Translations: Chinese: 过后, 在...之后, 在…之后人或物 Japanese: ･･･した後に, ･･･の後に, ･･･のあとを |
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