新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

after

英 [ˈɑːftə]

[ADV, CONJ, PREP]

词汇频率：

ADV. 副词

1. （某日、某周）以后地
If something happens after, it happens during the period of time that follows.
双语例句
例：
Tomorrow. Or the day after.
明天。或者后天。

CONJ. 连词

1. （某事）以后
If something happens after another thing has happened, it happens during the period of time that follows the first event.
双语例句
例：
After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother.
唐告诉我这件事以后，他谈到了他的母亲。

CONVENTION. 习惯表达

1. 您先走
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.

PHRASE. 习语

one after the other , one after another
1. 一个接一个地
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.
双语例句
例：
a lawyer who wins three cases, one after another.
一位连赢３件案子的律师。
day after day , year after year
1. 日复一日地 , 年复一年地
If something happens day after day or year after year, it happens every day or every year, for a long time.
双语例句
例：
people who'd been coming here year after year.
年复一年地来这里的人们。

PREP. 介词

1. 在（某日、某事件）以后
If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
双语例句
例：
After May 19, strikes were occurring on a daily basis.
在5月19日以后，罢工每天都在发生。
例：
After breakfast Amy took a taxi to the station.
早饭以后，埃米乘出租车去了车站。
2. 在（做某事）以后
If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing.
双语例句
例：
After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided.
填完并且签名以后，请将表格装入所提供的信封中返还给我们。
3. 在（某日、某周）以后
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.
双语例句
例：
She's leaving the day after tomorrow.
她定于后天离开。
4. （追随）在（某人）之后
If you go after someone, you follow or chase them.
双语例句
例：
Alice said to Gina, 'Why don't you go after him, he's your son.'
艾丽斯对吉娜说：“你为什么不追他，他是你儿子。”
5. 追求，以…为目标
If you are after something, you are trying to get it.
双语例句
例：
They were after the money.
他们想得到这笔钱。
6. 在（某人）身后（喊、叫、瞪眼等）
If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you.
双语例句
例：
'Come back!' he called after me.
“回来！”他在我身后冲我喊。
7. 在（某地）以外（某距离处）
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.
近义词
past
双语例句
例：
a station 134 miles after the train starts its journey.
在火车出发后的134英里以外的一个车站。
8. （写）在（某物）之后
If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it.
近义词
following
双语例句
例：
I wrote my name after Penny's at the bottom of the page.
我在这一页的最下面把我的名字写在了彭尼的名字之后。
9. （重要性）在…之后
You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect.
双语例句
例：
After Germany, America is Britain's second-biggest customer.
美国是英国的第二大客户，仅次于德国。
10. 以（同样的名字命名）
To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them.
双语例句
例：
He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him.
他说服了弗吉妮亚，给孩子命以他的名字。