读音

/ˈɑːftər/

释义

• 介词: 表示时间上的“在…之后”，位置上的“在…后面”。例如: “I’ll see you after work."，"The sofa was placed after the armchair.”
• 副词: 用于表示顺序或时间的“后来，随后”。例如: “We finished dinner, and then, after a while, we went for a walk.”

短语

• “After a while” 意为“过了一会儿”。
• “After all” 用来表示“毕竟”或“终究”。
• “Carry on after someone” 表示“模仿某人”或“效仿某人”。

例句

• 介词: “She plans to travel to Europe after graduating from college.”
• 副词: “He arrived late, but after apologizing, he quickly got to work.”

同义词

• Following
• Subsequently
• Later
• In the aftermath
• Posteriorly