1.(later than)晚于;迟于;在…之后
She arrived just after breakfast.她刚好在早饭后到达。
2.(past)过了(某地)以后
A few kilometres after the village, turn right.过了村庄之后再前行几公里, 向右转。
3.(in list, piece of writing)(写)在…后面, 在…下面
D comes after C in the alphabet.在字母表里, D出现在C之后。
4.(trying to catch up with)随…之后;跟在…之后
He ran after me.他追我。
5.to be after sth/sb
(trying to find or obtain)寻找某事物/某人;寻觅某事物/某人;寻求某事物/某人
6.to be after sth<非正式>+ someone's property, job觊觎;希望得到
He's after Rick's job!他想得到里克的工作!