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af·ter1 /ˈɑːftə $ ˈæftər/ ●●● S1 W1 prepositionprep , conjunction , adverb  
1 AFTERwhen a particular event or time has happened, or when someone has done something 〔时间上〕在 OPP before
 After the war many soldiers stayed in France.
战后,许多士兵留在法国。
 I go swimming every day after work.
我每天下班后都去游泳。
 Do you believe in life after death?
你相信人死后还有来生吗?
 The first attack started just after midnight.
刚过午夜,第一波进攻开始了。
 David went to bed straight after (=immediately after) supper.
戴维一吃完晚饭就去睡觉了。
 After you’d called the police, what did you do?
报警之后,你做了些什么?
 Zimmerman changed his name after he left Germany.
齐默尔曼离开德国后改了名字。
 People still remember the 1958 revolution and what came after (=happened after it).
人们依然记得1958年的那场革命和之后发生的事。
after doing something
 After leaving school, Mackay worked in a restaurant for a year.
中学毕业后,麦凯在一家餐厅工作了一年。
two days/three weeks etc after (something)
 Ten years after he bought the painting, Carswell discovered that it was a fake.
卡斯韦尔买下那幅画十年后发现它是赝品。
the day/week/year etc after (something) (=the next day, week etc) (某事)发生后的第二天//年等
 His car was outside your house the morning after Bob’s engagement party.
鲍勃订婚宴会的第二天早上,他的车停在你家门外。
 I’ll see you again tomorrow or the day after.
明天或后天我会再来看你。
 She retired from politics the year after she received the Nobel Prize.
她获得诺贝尔奖的第二年退出了政坛。
soon/not long/shortly after (something)
 Not long after the wedding, his wife became ill.
婚后不久,他的妻子就病了。
 The family moved to Hardingham in June 1983, and Sarah’s first child was born soon after.
19836月,全家人移居哈丁厄姆,不久萨拉的第一个孩子出生了。
2 AFTERwhen a particular amount of time has passed 〔一段时间〕以后 OPP before
 After ten minutes remove the cake from the oven.
十分钟后,把蛋糕从烤炉中取出。
 You’ll get used to it after a while.
过一阵子你就会习惯的。
 After months of negotiation, an agreement was finally reached.
经过数月谈判,终于达成了一项协议。
3 AFTERfollowing someone or something else in a list or a piece of writing, or in order of importance 〔在清单或一段文字中,或指主次顺序〕在之后
 Whose name is after yours on the list?
名单上谁的名字排在你后面?
 The date should be written after the address.
日期应写在地址之后。
 After football, tennis is my favourite sport.
除了足球,网球是我最喜爱的体育活动。
 The UK is the world’s third largest arms producer, after the USA and Russia.
英国是世界第三大武器生产国,位列美国和俄罗斯之后。
4 American EnglishAmETMC used when telling the time to say how many minutes have passed since a particular hour 〔整点〕过〔几分〕 SYN British English past
5 day after day/year after year etc CONTINUOUScontinuously for a very long time 日复一日/年复一年等
6
7 AFTERwhen someone has left a place or has finished doing something 在〔某人离开某地或做完某事〕后
8 BECAUSEbecause of something that happened earlier 由于;既然
9 DESPITEin spite of something that was done in the past 尽管,虽然
10 when you have passed a particular place or travelled a certain distance along a road 过〔某地或某段路〕以后
11 be after somebody/something 
12 one after another/one after the other SERIESif a series of events or actions happen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one 一个接一个
13 after all 
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14 NAME OF A PERSON especially British EnglishBrE used to say who or what first had the name that someone or something has been given 命名
15 formalAPAV in the same style as a particular painter, musician etc 具有的风格,模仿
16
a man/woman after my own heart at heart1(22), → take after at take1
THESAURUS
after prepositionprep after something happens, or after a period of time has passed. After is used especially when talking about the past 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.
in prepositionprep 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。
within prepositionprep 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 now 24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。
later adverbadv 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。
subsequently adverbadv 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。
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after2 adjectiveadj [only before noun]  
1. in after years literaryAFTER 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
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after- /ɑːftə $ æftər/ prefix  
AFTERcoming or happening afterwards 以后(的) OPP pre-
 an after-dinner speech
餐后演说
 after-school activities
课外活动
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Origin after1
Old English æfter

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