词组 | after |
释义 | after /ˈɑːftə $ ˈæftər/ preposition conjunction adverb when a particular event or time has happened, or when someone has done something: After the war, many soldiers stayed in France. After leaving school, Mackay worked in a restaurant for a year.adverbssoon after/not long after The family moved to Hardingham in June 1983, and Sarah’s first child was born soon after. | Not long after the wedding, his wife became ill.just after/immediately after also right after/straight after especially spoken The first attack started just after midnight. | David went to bed straight after supper.after + nounsafter work/school/class I go swimming every day after work.life after death Do you believe in life after death?nouns + afterthe day/morning after I’ll see you again tomorrow or the day after. | His car was outside your house the morning after Bob’s engagement party.the year after She retired from politics the year after she received the Nobel Prize.verbscome after People still remember the 1958 revolution and what came after.THESAURUS: after in after a particular period of time. In is used especially when talking about the future, especially the next few minutes, hours, days etc: The concert’s due to start in a few minutes. | I’ll come back in an hour. | In a few years’ time, this place will look completely different. within after less than a month, two weeks etc has passed – used especially when the time seems surprisingly short: He developed a headache at lunchtime, and within two hours he was dead. | Within two days of arriving she had managed to upset everyone. 24 hours/a year etc from now at a time 24 hours, a year etc after now: A week from now we’ll be in Paris. afterwards also afterward especially AmE after an event or time you have mentioned: Jones admitted afterwards that she had been very nervous during the game. | Speaking to reporters afterward, he said the operation had been a success. | He moved to Belgium, and soon afterwards he met Angela. later some time after now or after the time you are talking about: I’ll tell you about it later when I’m less busy. | James went off, and came back ten minutes later with some food. subsequently formal after something had happened in the past: The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages. |
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