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单词 hereafter
释义 hereafter
I. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English here after, from Old English hēræfter, from hēr here + æfter after — more at here, after
: after this:
 a. : after this in order or sequence
  < here and hereafter I am following … her own version — S.H.Adams >
 b. : after this in time
  < devise the agencies … that will make them impossible hereafter — B.N.Cardozo >
 c. : in some future time or state
  < this life is a preparation for life hereafter — F.B.Artz >
 d. : at the time of taking effect — used with this meaning in a statute and expressly so construed by law in some states of the United States
II. \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Usage: sometimes capitalized
1. : a time to come : future
2. : an existence or state beyond this life — often used with the
 < a belief in the hereafter is shown in gifts and articles left with the dead in many burials — P.I.Wellman >
III. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
archaic : future
 < that hereafter ages may behold what ruin happened in revenge of him — Shakespeare >
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