单词	aftermath
释义	aftermathaf‧ter‧math /ˈɑːftəmæθ $ ˈæftər-/ ●○○ noun [singular] Word Origin WORD ORIGINaftermath Origin: 1600-1700 aftermath ‘grass that grows after earlier grass has been cut’ (16-19 centuries), from after + math ‘mowing’ (11-20 centuries) (from Old English mæth) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But were they talking about the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars? In the aftermath she nestled in his arms, forgetful of the time. The aftermath of a fire is always sad. The family was ripped apart by the murder and its aftermath. The phenomenon was highlighted in the aftermath of an earthquake in 1992, the worst to hit the city in decades. They know how helpful tears are to defuse tension and how constructive their aftermath can be. They rode back to Queenstown in a silence made steamy by the aftermath of heavy rains. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► in the aftermath  the danger of disease in the aftermath of the earthquake COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► immediate · The situation in Kabul was extremely confusing in the immediate aftermath of Najibullah's removal.· The last time I had spoken to him was in the immediate aftermath of the coxless pairs final at the Atlanta Olympics.· Operation Resurrection, as it was called, was first mooted in the immediate aftermath of 13 May.· Something over two hundred vacancies resulted in the immediate aftermath and a trickle of further resignations followed for some years to come.· Furthermore, it had been alarmed at local initiatives taken in the immediate aftermath of the June war.· Impressions formed by investigators at the scene of a crime and in its immediate aftermath can not be repeated later.· Beyond 1945 and its immediate aftermath was the outline of a future permeated with hope.· In the immediate aftermath of annexation or conquest Euric's rule was far from pleasant. VERB► deal · Instead he asked parliament for a temporary grant of special powers to deal with the aftermath of the insurrection.· The story deals with the aftermath of warfare, particularly the devastation wreaked by land mines. the period of time after something such as a war, storm, or accident when people are still dealing with the resultsaftermath of the danger of disease in the aftermath of the earthquake
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