请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 afterwards
释义

Trends of
afterwards

View usage for:

afterwards

(ɑːftəʳwəʳdz, æf-)
language note: The form afterward is also used, mainly in American English.
adverb
If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.
James was taken to hospital but died soon afterwards.
Not long afterward she received five calls in one day.
after
Synonyms: later, after, then, after that More Synonyms of afterwards

afterwards in British English

(ˈɑːftəwədz) or afterward
adverb
after an earlier event or time; subsequently
Word origin
Old English æfterweard, æfteweard, from aft + ward

Examples of 'afterwards' in a sentence
afterwards

We saw him a number of times afterwards and he appeared normal.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Not long afterwards the British government confirmed that he was.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I think about it for days afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have right now and not much time afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They also promised to disrupt the general election soon afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It stays with you for a long time afterwards although sadly it finishes today.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was agonising and it was still hurting days afterwards.
The Sun (2014)
The pair had met a few times afterwards but it soon fizzled out.
The Sun (2015)
The relationship went the same way soon afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It may sound crazy but for days afterwards my skin did glow.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Some players would have a very difficult time afterwards to get a good attitude.
The Sun (2016)
He was bundled out of the door shortly afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For about three days afterwards he had to go to school with an ink moustache.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And in the days afterwards he turned to alcohol.
The Sun (2013)
Remember to give your body time to adjust afterwards.
Lewith, George & Horn, Sandra Drug-Free Pain Relief (1987)
He was unconscious for two days afterwards and underwent three operations to repair facial fractures and nerve damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
 Shortly afterwards the boyfriend was jettisoned.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Not long afterwards it had jumped to 15.4%.
Tondeur, Keith Say Goodbye to Debt (1994)
Not long afterwards the couple went out for drinks, which ended in a conversation at home about their feelings.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Not long afterwards I also had purple highlights added.
The Sun (2012)
 Soon afterwards Wellington appeared with his general staff, all very good copies of the originals.
Judith Flanders Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain (2006)
 Soon afterwards a posse surrounded his small house at night, shouting that they had come to kill him and were preparing to burn it down.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
afterwards

British English: afterwards /ˈɑːftəwədz/ ADVERB
If something is done or happens afterwards, it is done or happens later than a particular event or time that has already been described.
Shortly afterwards, the police arrived.
  • American English: afterwards
  • Arabic: بَعْد ذَلِكَ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: posteriormente
  • Chinese: 然后
  • Croatian: poslije
  • Czech: potom
  • Danish: derefter
  • Dutch: naderhand
  • European Spanish: después
  • Finnish: jälkeenpäin
  • French: après
  • German: nachher
  • Greek: κατόπιν
  • Italian: successivamente
  • Japanese: 後で
  • Korean: 나중에
  • Norwegian: etterpå
  • Polish: potem
  • European Portuguese: posteriormente
  • Romanian: apoi
  • Russian: впоследствии
  • Latin American Spanish: después
  • Swedish: efteråt
  • Thai: หลังจากนั้น
  • Turkish: sonra
  • Ukrainian: згодом
  • Vietnamese: sau đó

Chinese translation of 'afterwards'

afterwards

(ˈɑːftəwədz) or (US) afterward (ˈɑːftəwəd)

adv

  1. 以后(後) (yǐhòu)

see usage note

after
(adverb) 
Definition
later
Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.
Synonyms
later
I'll join you later.
after
tomorrow, or the day after
then
Add the oil and then the scallops.
after that
subsequently
Subsequently the arrangement was terminated.
thereafter
Inflation will fall and thereafter so will interest rates.
following that
at a later date or time

Additional synonyms

in the sense of after
Definition
at a later time
tomorrow, or the day after
Synonyms
following,
later,
next,
succeeding,
afterwards,
subsequently,
thereafter
in the sense of subsequently
Subsequently the arrangement was terminated.
Synonyms
later,
afterwards,
in the end,
consequently,
in the aftermath (of),
at a later date
in the sense of then
Definition
after that
Add the oil and then the scallops.
Synonyms
after that,
later,
next,
afterwards,
subsequently

Synonyms of 'afterwards'

afterwards

Explore 'afterwards' in the dictionary
随便看

　

英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/2/3 16:30:28