after meaning in English
adv.
在后;继后;后来。 follow after 跟着。 look before and after 瞻前顾后,前思后想。 soon after 不久。 three days after 三日后。
1.〔表示时间关系〕在…以后(opp. before); 〔美国〕(…点)过(…分)〔 = past〕。
2.〔位置地点〕在…后面 (opp. before)。
3.〔表示次第顺序〕位于…之后;(地位、规模、重要性等)次于;(仅)低于。
4.〔表示事件或时间的连续性〕紧挨着;(一个)接(一个);相继。
5.〔原因〕由于,因为;既然。
6.〔表示让步关系,介词受词前常冠以强义限定词 all〕虽然,尽管。
7.追求,寻找;追捕〔常与 be, go, run 等词连用〕。
8.仿照,模仿;依据…(而改写、命名等)。
9.符合,一致;(很)像。
10.关注,关照。
短语和例子
after four days 四天以后。 after supper 晚饭后。 after school 放学后。 It's twenty after six. 〔美国〕现在是六点二十分。 Shut the door after you when you leave the room. 离开房间时请随手关门。 A- you, please! 请您先走。 A- you! 您先走! 〔回答前一礼让语时的用语, you 应重读〕。 A- you with the paper, please. 您看过这报纸后给我看看。 the largest city after London 仅次于伦敦的一个大城市。 A colonel comes after a general. 上校的地位低于将军的地位。 Please line up one after another. 请按顺序排队。 day after day 一天又一天。 time after time 再三,常常。 She was very hungry after her long morning walk. 她因为早晨散步很久,所以感到饿得很。 I shall never speak to him after what has happened. 既然发生了这样的情况,我就永远不再跟他说话了。 A- all warnings, he persisted. 尽管有各方警告,他仍坚持到底。 A- all my care in packing it the clock arrived broken. 尽管我把这座时钟小心包装,可是运来时它还是被损坏了。 John is after you. 约翰在找你。 He is much run after. 他是众所欢迎的人。 I don't go after fame or money. 我不追名逐利。 The police ran after the burglars. 警察追捕窃贼。 long after home 怀念家乡。 hunt after novelty 猎奇。 He was named after his uncle. 他是依照叔父的名来命名的。 a play after Shakespeare 模仿莎士比亚的剧作编写成的剧本。 He takes after his mother. 他的长相和母亲一模一样。 You are a man after my heart. 你这人很合我的心意。 look after one's child 照料孩子。 Somebody asked after you this morning. 今天上午有人打听你来着。 after all 毕竟;终于(He succeeded after all. 他终于胜利了)。 be after doing 〔英方〕刚…了(I am after having my dinner. 我刚刚吃了晚饭)。 one after another 陆续,相继,挨次。 one after the other 轮流。
在…后。 He arrived after I did. 他在我到后就到了。 after all is said and done 终归。
adj.
后,后来的;后面的。 the after results 后果。 in after years 在后来的年月里。 in after life 晚年。
n.
〔英俚〕正餐的最后一道食品(如点心、水果等)。
- It was built after a european model .
它是模仿一种欧洲的样式修建的。 - After all, fat government is weak .
一个臃肿不堪的政府毕竟是软弱的。 - After all, jon has the instincts of a gentleman .
乔恩反正天性正派。 - His stomach bulged after the dinner .
他吃过饭以后,肚子都鼓起来了。 - After the talk , he began to thaw .
谈话之后,他的态度开始缓和下来。
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