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单词 after all
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after all

phrase
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.
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after all

phrase
You use after all when you are saying that something that you thought might not be the case is in fact the case.
I came out here on the chance of finding you at home after all.
The Social Democrats say they are ready after all to begin talks on joining a coalitiongovernment.
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after all in British English

a. 
in spite of everything
it's only a game, after all
b. 
in spite of expectations, efforts, etc
she won the race after all!
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after all in British English

after (sense 11)
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after all in American English

nevertheless; in spite of everything
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Examples of 'after all' in a sentence
after all

So perhaps just one cheer after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The long winter slog is only just beginning, after all.
The Sun (2016)
After all, you know another one is coming.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
After all, who wants to feel they have invited a spy into their home?
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
After all, who wants to be married to the kind of man that does that?
The Sun (2016)
He has, after all, just had a stroke.
The Sun (2016)
Nobody, after all, wants to be known as the buffoon with the bassoon.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
That was what she was used to after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is after all a passing game.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They will want something back after all those years.
The Sun (2012)
But then the news came that the couple would be going home after all.
The Sun (2013)
The collapse of capitalism did not after all seem imminent.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
Surely they had run out of things to come up with after all that?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Suddenly things did not seem so easy after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So that dog lead must have come in handy after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The first is the impossibility of reopening court cases after all those involved have been dead for many years.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is just sport after all.
The Sun (2010)
He is almost family, after all.
The Sun (2013)
Well, she was with her mane man after all.
The Sun (2011)
After all, what use to you is news of a bad new restaurant?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These were just men, after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
After all, almost anything could kill you.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is a poker game, after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You wonder if that is because they don't really want it after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
After all, family homes and parties are the bedrock of their memories too.
The Sun (2015)
After all, she used the money for a lavish lifestyle.
The Sun (2010)
But just like after all his other arrests, last night he was free again.
The Sun (2010)
Women do file for divorce in 70 per cent of cases, after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She has won this case after all these long, drawn-out ten years.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Chinese translation of 'after all'

after all

  1. 毕(畢)竟 (bìjìng)
See after (sense 5)

after all

  1. (= considering) 毕(畢)竟 (bìjìng)
  2. (= regardless) 终(終)究 (zhōngjiū)
See all (sense 3)

Nearby words of
after all

  • African-American
  • after
  • after a fashion
  • after all
  • after dark
  • after doing sth
  • after hours

Related terms of
after all

  • so I was right after all
  • and they all lived happily ever after
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