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在（时间、事件）以后

If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.

1. After 19 May, strikes were occurring on a daily basis...

   5月19日之后，每天都会发生罢工。

2. After breakfast Amy ordered a taxi...

   早饭后，埃米预订了一辆出租车。

3. It wasn't until after Christmas that I met Paul.

   直到圣诞节之后我才见到保罗。

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…之后（指做事的先后顺序）

If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing.

1. After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided.

   填完表格并签名后，请装进所提供的信封里寄还给我们。

2. ...women who have changed their mind after deciding not to have children...

   决定不生孩子后又改变主意的女性

3. After flying from Los Angeles to London, allow four full days to adjust.

   从洛杉矶飞往伦敦之后，留出4整天时间适应环境。

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（时间）在…后

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.

1. She's leaving the day after tomorrow.

   她打算后天离开。

2. ...the party's annual conference, to be held the week after next.

   将在下下周举行的该党的年会

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随…之后；跟在…之后

If you go after someone, you follow or chase them.

1. He walked out, and Louise went after him.

   他走了出去，路易丝也跟着出去了。

2. ...people who were after him for large amounts of money.

   为了大笔钱而追随他的人们

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追求；搜寻

If you are after something, you are trying to get it.

1. They were after the money...

   他们想得到这笔钱。

2. I did eventually find what I was after.

   我最终找到了我想要的东西。

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朝着（正离去之人喊叫或注视）

If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you.

1. 'Come back!' he called after me...

   “回来！”他朝我喊道。

2. Claire stared after him until he disappeared around a corner.

   克莱尔一直注视着他，直到他消失在拐角。

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为，替（某人做某事）

If you do something after someone, you do it for them, because they cannot or will not do it for themselves.

1. She used to mess up the floor and I had to clean up after her.

   她过去常常把地板弄得很脏乱，而我不得不为她清理干净。

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过了（某地）以后

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.

1. A few kilometres after the village, turn right to Montelabate.

   过了村庄之后再前行几公里，向右转前往蒙特拉贝特。

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（写）在…后面（或下面）

If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it.

1. I wrote my name after Penny's.

   我把自己的名字写在彭尼的下面。

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（重要性）仅次于，低于

You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect.

1. After Germany, America is Britain's second-biggest customer...

   对于英国来说，美国是仅次于德国的第二大客户。

2. Methane is often regarded as the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide.

   甲烷常被认为是仅次于二氧化碳的重要温室气体。

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依照，按照（某人的名字命名）

To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them.

1. Phillimore Island is named after Sir Robert Phillimore...

   菲利莫尔岛以罗伯特·菲利莫尔爵士的名字命名。

2. He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him.

   他说服弗吉尼娅以他的名字为婴儿取名。

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（走路或出入门口时的礼貌用语）您先请

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.

1. 'After you.' — 'Not at all, Mr Bird, after you.'

   “您先请。”——“别客气，伯德先生，您先请。”

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（…点）过（…分）

After is used when telling the time. If it is, for example, ten after six, the time is ten minutes past six.

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一个接一个地；接连地

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.

1. Sybil ate three biscuits, one after the other...

   西比尔接连吃了3块饼干。

2. Caroline was trying on one outfit after another.

   卡罗琳一套接一套地试穿衣服。

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日复一日/年复一年

If something happens day after day or year after year, it happens every day or every year, for a long time.

1. I waited for news, day after day, expecting to hear.

   我日复一日地等着，期待能听到消息。

2. ...people who'd been coming here year after year.

   年复一年到这里来的人们

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（时间）在…后

later than sth; following sth in time

2

我们将在午饭后动身。

We'll leave after lunch.

3

他们是在5点钟刚过到达的。

They arrived shortly after 5.

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那以后不久他就辞职了。

Not long after that he resigned.

5

咱们后天 / 下下周再见。

Let's meet the day after tomorrow/the week after next .

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她获奖后一夜之间成名了。

After winning the prize she became famous overnight.

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一小时之后我回家了。

After an hour I went home (= when an hour had passed) .

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现在是早上七点十分。

It's ten after seven in the morning (= 7.10 a.m.)

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（表示反复不断或一个接着一个）

used to show that sth happens many times or continuously

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日复一日的炎热天气

day after day of hot weather

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我一再告诉过你不要干那件事。

I've told you time after time not to do that.

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跟随；追赶；在（某人）后面

behind sb when they have left; following sb

13

随手关门。

Shut the door after you.

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孩子们离开以后，我总得打扫一番。

I'm always having to clean up after the children (= clean the place after they have left it dirty and untidy) .

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他拿着那本书在后面追赶她。

He ran after her with the book.

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她目不转睛地望着他离去的背影。

She was left staring after him.

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（按顺序、重要性）在…后面，仅次于

next to and following sb/sth in order or importance

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在名单上你的名字在我的后面。

Your name comes after mine in the list.

19

除了理查德，他的个子最高。

He's the tallest, after Richard.

20

请先走。

After you (= Please go first) .

21

报纸你看完了给我看。

After you with the paper. (= Can I have it next?)

22

与…对照；与…对比

in contrast to sth

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与户外的湿热相比，屋里真是凉爽惬意。

It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside.

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鉴于；由于

as a result of or because of sth that has happened

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由于他说了那些话，我永远也不会原谅他。

I'll never forgive him after what he said.

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尽管；虽然

despite sth; although sth has happened

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在我为她做了这一切之后，我无法相信她会那样做。

I can't believe she'd do that, not after all I've done for her.

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寻找；追捕

trying to find or catch sb/sth

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警方正在追捕他。

The police are after him.

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他到我们这儿找工作。

He's after a job at our place.

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关于

about sb/sth

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她问候你。

She asked after you (= how you were) .

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模仿；依照

in the style of sb/sth; following the example of sb/sth

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一幅仿戈雅的画

a painting after Goya

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我们以婴儿祖母的名字给婴儿取名“埃娜”。

We named the baby ‘Ena’ after her grandmother.

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构成形容词

in adjectives

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…后的

happening or done later than the time or event mentioned

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打烊时间以后饮酒

after-hours drinking (= after closing time)

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课外活动俱乐部

an after-school club

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餐后薄荷糖

after-dinner mints

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毕竟；终归

despite what has been said or expected

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你毕竟成功了！

So you made it after all!

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（解释或说明理由）别忘了，到底

used when you are explaining sth, or giving a reason

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他本来就应该付款。反正他自己也这么提出。

He should have paid. He suggested it, after all.

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正要做某事；打算就要做某事

to be going to do sth soon; to be intending to do sth soon

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刚做了某事

to have just done sth

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在…以后

at a time later than sth; when sth has finished

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我和他们谈了以后就给你打电话。

I'll call you after I've spoken to them.

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他们分手几年以后在巴黎又偶然相遇。

Several years after they'd split up they met again by chance in Paris.

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后来；以后

later in time; afterwards

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那是在1996年。不久以后我听说他死了。

That was in 1996. Soon after , I heard that he'd died.

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我可能下周来，或者再下一周。

I could come next week, or the week after.

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从此以后他们都过着幸福的生活。

And they all lived happily ever after .

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后来的；以后的

following; later

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在以后的岁月中

in after years

1

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

例子:

1. he apologized subsequently
2. he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
3. it didn't happen until afterward
4. two hours after that

近义词: subsequently,later,afterwards,afterward,later on

2

behind or in the rear

例子:

1. and Jill came tumbling after