after

1. PREP If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event. 在 (某日、某事件) 以後

After May 19, strikes were occurring on a daily basis. 在5月19日以後，罷工每天都在發(fā)生。

After breakfast Amy took a taxi to the station. 早飯以後，埃米乘出租車去了車站。

2. CONJ After is also a conjunction. (某事) 以後

After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother. 唐告訴我這件事以後，他談到了他的母親。

3. PREP If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing. 在 (做某事) 以後[PREP -ing]

After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided. 填完竝且簽名以後，請(qǐng)將表格裝入所提供的信封中返還給我們。

4. PREP 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. 在 (某日、某周) 以後[n PREP n]

She's leaving the day after tomorrow. 她定於後天離開。

5. ADV After is also an adverb. (某日、某周) 以後地[ADV after v]

Tomorrow. Or the day after. 明天。或者後天。

6. PREP If you go after someone, you follow or chase them. (追隨) 在 (某人) 之後

Alice said to Gina, "Why don't you go after him, he's your son."

艾麗斯對(duì)吉娜說：“你爲(wèi)什麼不追他，他是你兒子?！?/p>

7. PREP If you are after something, you are trying to get it. 以…爲(wèi)目標(biāo)

They were after the money. 他們想得到這筆錢。

8. PREP If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you. 在 (某人) 身後 (喊、叫、瞪眼等)

"Come back!" he called after me. “廻來！”他在我身後沖我喊。

9. PREP 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. 在 (某地) 以外 (某距離処)

...a station 134 miles after the train starts its journey. …在火車出發(fā)後的134英裡以外的一個(gè)車站。

10. PREP If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it. (寫) 在 (某物) 之後

I wrote my name after Penny's at the bottom of the page. 我把我的名字寫在了這頁(yè)最下麪彭尼的名字之後。

11. PREP You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect. (重要性) 在…之後

After Germany, America is Britain's second-biggest customer. 僅次於德國(guó)，美國(guó)是英國(guó)的第二大客戶。

12. PREP To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them. 以 (同樣的名字命名)

He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him. 他勸弗吉妮亞給孩子命以他的名字。

13. PREP After is used when telling the time. If it is, for example, ten after six, the time is ten minutes past six. (…點(diǎn)) 過 (…分)[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

14. CONVENTION 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. 您先走[禮貌]

15. after all→see all

16. PHRASE 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. 一個(gè)接一個(gè)地

...a lawyer who wins three cases, one after another. …一位連贏３個(gè)案子的律師。

17. PHRASE If something happens day after day or year after year, it happens every day or every year, for a long time. 日複一日地/年複一年地

...people who'd been coming here year after year. …年複一年地來這裡的人們。