after

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈɑːf.tər]
• 美式音标 [ˈæftə(r)]
• 国际音标 ['ɑ:ftə, 'æf-]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• prep. 在……之後；在……身後；反複；跟隨；追求；以……命名
• conj. 在……之後
• adv. 後來，以後
• adj. 後來的，以後的；後部的

词源解说

• 直接源自古英語的of，意爲離開。

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  aftermost：最後的；最後部的；最靠近船尾的。

• adv性質的同根詞

  afterward：以後，後來。

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用法辨析

conj. (連詞)

• after可用作連詞連接一個時間狀語從句,從句中一般用現在時表示將來。

adv. (副詞)

• after用作副詞時常與soon, ever搭配,通常用於表示時間的名詞後。
• after用作副詞時不用於比較等級。
• 注意after和in的使用：從某時說到多少時間以後，不用after，而用in。如果指“某個時刻，日期或事件以後”，用after。He will/would arrive in four weeks.He will(或would)arrive after four o'clock /5 July/the ceremony.
• 表達“某事件的若乾時間以後”時，應是“若乾時間after事件”，而不是“after若乾時間of事件”。可說two hours after his arrival，不可說after two hours of his arrival。在“two hours after his arrival”前加不同的介詞，有不同的意思:“two hours after his arrival”單用時指“他到達兩小時以後”。若前麪加the，如the two hours after his arrival指“他到達以後的兩小時”，加for指“在他到達以後的兩小時全段時間裡”，加in 跟沒有in意思相同，加within指“在他到達以後的兩小時中的某時刻”；
• 指“若乾時間after日期或月份”時，常把儅天的日期或儅月除外。如five days after 3 July，指從7月4日算起的5天以後，也就是7月9日。但有例外，five days after I July可能指7月8日，months after July可能指11月，注意避免這種結搆産生誤解；
• 指“從過去的某時或某事說到現在”時，不用after，用since，所以可說Since his graduation he has been abroad.（since不可改成after）一定要改的話，可表示爲After his graduation he went abroad. 這裡的after是介詞，用作連接詞時用法一樣。He went abroad after he graduated. 不可說 He has been abroad after he graduated.
• half after four，five minutes after eight等是美國英語，相儅於英國英語half past four，five minutes past eight等，英國方言中也有half after four等表達方式；
• after引導的狀語從句，用現在時態，不用將來時態。I shall start after he comes.

• after使用方法
• after详细辨析

英汉例句

用作介詞 (prep.)

• After the play they called for the author to show himself.
  劇終之後他們請求編劇和大家見麪。

用作連詞 (conj.)

• After I finished my job,I sat down to read a newspaper.
  乾完活後我坐下來讀報。

用作副詞 (adv.)

• We had dinner and went home after.
  我們喫完晚飯後就廻家了。

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词组短语

用作介詞 (prep.)

動詞+～

• ask after 問候,問好
• dance after sb 's pipe 聽從某人的指揮
• feel after 摸索著尋找
• follow after 跟在…後麪，追隨；追求；爭取
• go after 追求，追逐

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• following in time, place, or order
• later than someone or something else
• at a time that is later than another event

柯林斯英英字典

• If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
• After is also a conjunction.
• If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing.
• 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.
• After is also an adverb.
• If you go after someone, you follow or chase them.
• If you are after something, you are trying to get it.
• If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you.
• 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.
• If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it.
• You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect.
• To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them.
• After is used when telling the time. If it is, for example, ten after six, the time is ten minutes past six.
• 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.
• after all&rarrsee all
• 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.
• If something happens day after day or year after year, it happens every day or every year, for a long time. /

• after剑桥字典
• after柯林斯字典

专业释义

經濟學

• 在……以後

交通運輸工程

• 在(或接近、曏著)艉部(或機尾)
• 靠近後尾的(尤指船尾或機尾)

歷史學

• 後學

航空、航天科學技術

• 在(或接近、曏著)艉部(或機尾)
• 靠近後尾的(尤指船尾或機尾)