a)LOOK FORto be looking for someone or something 寻找某人/某物
That boy’s always in trouble – the police are after him again.
那个男孩子老是惹麻烦——警察又在找他了。
‘Were you after anything in particular?’ ‘No, we’re just looking.’
“有什么特别想要的吗?”“不,我们只是随便看看。”
b)informalWANT to want to have something that belongs to someone else 想占有〔他人之物〕
I think Chris is after my job.
我觉得克里斯要抢我的饭碗。
12one after another/one after the otherSERIESif a series of events or actionshappen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one 一个接一个
Ever since we moved here it’s been one problem after another.
自从我们搬到这里之后,问题一个接着一个。
13after all
a)IN FACTin spite of what you thought was true or expected to happen 终究,还是
He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all.
他写信说他们还是不能给我一份工作。
Union leaders announced that they would, after all, take part in the national conference.
工会领导人宣布,他们还是要参加这次全国会议。
b)IN FACTused to say that something should be remembered or considered, because it helps to explain what you have just said 毕竟
Prisoners should be treated with respect – they are human beings after all.
囚犯应该得到尊重——毕竟他们也是人。
I don’t know why you’re so concerned – it isn’t your problem after all.
我不明白你为什么这样担心,这毕竟不是你的问题。
Examples from the Corpus
after all• He wrote to say they couldn't give me a job after all.• But some things are private, after all.• Is that on the cards, or has Unesco got some rules that he is going to enforceafter all?• It was her father's home, after all.• It was their country, after all.• Something should be celebratedafter all, in these dim days.• I don't know why you're so concerned; after all, it isn't your problem.• Rita didn't have my picturesafter all - Jake did.• Printing and presentation should be as attractive as possible - after all the library is an attractive place isn't it?• These are, after all, very familiarspecies.
14NAME OF A PERSON especially British EnglishBrE used to say who or what first had the name that someone or something has been given 以…命名
His name is Alessandro, after his grandfather.
他叫亚历山德罗,取的是他祖父的名字。
It was named Waterloo Bridge, after the famous battle.
afterprepositionprep after something happens, or after a period of time has passed. After is used especially when talking about the past 在…后〔尤用于谈论过去〕
We went for a walk after lunch.
我们吃完午饭去散步了。
After an hour, we got tired of waiting and went home.
一小时后,我们等得不耐烦就回家了。
nThey got married just after Christmas.
inprepositionprep after a particular period of time. In is used especially when talking about the future, especially the next few minutes, hours, days etc 在〔某段时间〕之后〔尤用于谈论将来,尤指接下来的几分钟、几小时、几天等〕
The concert’s due to start in a few minutes.
音乐会几分钟后就要开始。
I’ll come back in an hour.
我一小时以后回来。
In a few years’ time, this place will look completely different.
几年以后这地方会完全变样。
withinprepositionprep after less than a month, two weeks etc has passed – used especially when the time seems surprisingly short 一个月/两星期等之内〔尤用于表示时间出奇地短〕: within a month/two weeks etc
nHe developed a headache at lunchtime, and within two hours he was dead.
Within two days of arriving she had managed to upset everyone.
她到了没两天就把大家都得罪了。
24 hours/a year etc from now at a time 24 hours, a year etc after now24小时/一年等以后
A week from now we’ll be in Paris.
一星期后我们就在巴黎了。
afterwards (also afterward especially American EnglishAmE)adverbadv after an event or time you have mentioned 〔上文提到的事或时间〕之后;随后
nJones admitted afterwards that she had been very nervous during the game.
nSpeaking to reporters afterward, he said the operation had been a success.
He moved to Belgium, and soon afterwards he met Angela.
他移居比利时,之后不久就认识了安杰拉。
lateradverbadv some time after now or after the time you are talking about 以后,后来
I’ll tell you about it later when I’m less busy.
晚些时候等我空闲一点再告诉你。
| two months/three years etc later两个月/三年等以后:
James went off, and came back ten minutes later with some food.
詹姆斯走了,十分钟以后带了些食物回来。
subsequentlyadverbadv formal after something had happened in the past 后来
The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages.
这本书于1954年出版,后来被译成15种语言。
Examples from the Corpus
after• After a few minutes, she fellasleep.• At first I was very nervous, but after a while I began to feel more confident.• After a while, we got tired of waiting and went home.• After all the trouble I had, Reese didn't even say thank you.• The war ended after another six months of fighting.• Afterdancing, going to the movies is my favoriteweekendactivity.• Do you believe in life afterdeath?• Afterhalf an hour we got tired of waiting and went home.• There were several people after me who didn't manage to get into the game.• a paintingafter Rembrandt• The movie starts at a quarterafter seven.• After ten days, their supplies of water were running low.• What's on after the 6 o'clock news?• The date should be written after the address.• After the dance, a few of us went out for a drink.• I'm not surprised he left her, after the way she treated him.• I go swimming every day after work.• After your letter, I didn't think I'd ever see you again.• My name is after yours on the list.• Whose name is after yours on the list?
soon/not long/shortly after (something)• Her fiance was there; they married and then divorcednot long after.• This ambition becomes more predominant in his characternot long after his encounter with the witches.• But not long after, it was back.• She had confided this to Liz in a tearfulmoment, not long after Jonathan had run off with the Williams girl.• The pity of it was, not long after my fatherdied in 1933 things improved quite a lot in the materialsense.• Two can be seen not long after the start of the CliffWalk.• They were wrong. Not long after they arrived home, Allison began to feel the familiarpains and called the doctor.• It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester's service.
after2adjectiveadj [only before noun]
1.in after yearsliteraryAFTER in the years after the time that has been mentioned 在后来的年月里
2.TTWTTA technical in the back part of a boat or an aircraft 〔船或飞机〕后部的