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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- after ['ɒːftər]
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1.
preposition
(in time) 在...以后
- She arrived just after breakfast.
- 她刚好在早饭后到。
- 2. preposition (in place, order) 在...后面
- 3. adverb (afterwards) 以后
- 4. conjunction (once) 在...以后
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5.
conjunction
英 = past
- day after day/year after year
- 日复一日/年复一年
- to call/shout/stare after sb
- 在某人身后叫/喊/瞪眼
- the second biggest, after Germany
- 紧随德国之后的第二大
- to clean/tidy/clear up after sb
- 替某人打扫/整理/清理
- to be after sb
- 追逐某人
- The police are after him.
- 警察在追缉他。
- to be after sth
- 想得到某物
- to ask after sb
- 询问某人的情况
- to be named after sb/sth
- [BRIT] 以某人/某物的名字命名
- after all
- 毕竟
- after you!
- 您先请！
- after doing sth
- 做完某事后
- after flying to London
- 飞抵伦敦后
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1.
preposition
(in time) 在...以后
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- after [ 'æftɚ] [ 'ɑːftə]
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- 1. adverb [表示位置]在…后面，背后，在后
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2.
adverb
[表示时间]以后，之后；后来，随后
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3.
preposition
[表示位置]在…的后面，在…背后，在…之后
- 4. preposition [表示时间]在…以后，在…之后，于…后；迟于
- 5. preposition 寻找，追求，跟踪，追随
- 6. preposition 以…之故；因为，由于，鉴于，考虑到
- 7. preposition 尽管…（但），不管，不顾
- 8. preposition [表示顺序、位次、重要性]（跟）在…后面，继…之后，次于，亚于
- 9. preposition 仿，照，依从，依照，仿效
- 10. preposition 为了；为纪念…；取名于
- 11. preposition 关于，有关
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12.
adjective
（时间）后的，以后的；随后的，继…之后的
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13.
adjective
靠近后尾的（尤指船尾或机尾）
- 14. conjunction （时间）后，在后，在…之后，后于，迟于
Collins English-English Dictionary
- after ['ɒːftə]
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1.
prep
following in time; in succession to
- after dinner
- time after time
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2.
prep
following; behind
- they entered one after another
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3.
prep
in pursuit or search of
- chasing after a thief
- he's only after money
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4.
prep
concerning
- to inquire after his health
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5.
prep
considering
- after what you have done, you shouldn't complain
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6.
prep
next in excellence or importance to
- he ranked Jonson after Shakespeare
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7.
prep
in imitation of; in the manner of
- a statue after classical models
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8.
prep
in accordance with or in conformity to
- a man after her own heart
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9.
prep
with a name derived from
- Mary was named after her grandmother
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10.
prep
[US]
past (the hour of)
- twenty after three
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11.
adv
at a later time; afterwards
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12.
adv
coming afterwards; in pursuit
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13.
adv
[nautical]
further aft; sternwards
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14.
conj
[subordinating]
at a time later than that at which
- he came after I had left
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15.
adj
[nautical]
further aft
- the after cabin
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16.
adj
[Etymology]
Old English æfter; related to Old Norse aptr back, eptir after, Old High German aftar
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1.
prep
following in time; in succession to
Examples
- day after day/year after year
- 日复一日/年复一年 → after
- After what has happened, he won't go.
- 鉴于所发生的情况，他就不去了。 → after
- After all we had done, he was still ungrateful.
- 尽管我们做了一切，可他仍然不领情。 → after
- a novel after Dickens' style
- 一本模仿荻更斯文体的小说 → after
- a child named after Lincoln
- 一个以林肯命名的孩子 → after
- She asked after you.
- 她询问你的情况(或她问候你)。 → after
- In "After marrying him, her trouble began," the participle“marrying” dangles.
- 在“与他结婚后，她的麻烦开始了”中，“marrying”是垂悬分词。 → dangle
- lived happily ever after
- 从那时以后，一直幸福地生活 → ever
- an accessory after the fact
- 事后从犯 → fact
- to feel fresh after a nap
- 小睡后感到精力充沛 → fresh
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