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……之后；在……身后；反复；跟随；追求；以……命名
• conj. 在……之后
• adv. 后来，以后
• adj. 后来的，以后的；后部的

词源解说

• 直接源自古英语的of，意为离开。

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  aftermost：最后的；最后部的；最靠近船尾的。

• adv性质的同根词

  afterward：以后，后来。

• after相关词

用法辨析

conj. (连词)

• after可用作连词连接一个时间状语从句,从句中一般用现在时表示将来。

adv. (副词)

• after用作副词时常与soon, ever搭配,通常用于表示时间的名词后。
• after用作副词时不用于比较等级。
• 注意after和in的使用：从某时说到多少时间以后，不用after，而用in。如果指“某个时刻，日期或事件以后”，用after。He will/would arrive in four weeks.He will(或would)arrive after four o'clock /5 July/the ceremony.
• 表达“某事件的若干时间以后”时，应是“若干时间after事件”，而不是“after若干时间of事件”。可说two hours after his arrival，不可说after two hours of his arrival。在“two hours after his arrival”前加不同的介词，有不同的意思:“two hours after his arrival”单用时指“他到达两小时以后”。若前面加the，如the two hours after his arrival指“他到达以后的两小时”，加for指“在他到达以后的两小时全段时间里”，加in 跟没有in意思相同，加within指“在他到达以后的两小时中的某时刻”；
• 指“若干时间after日期或月份”时，常把当天的日期或当月除外。如five days after 3 July，指从7月4日算起的5天以后，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，注意避免这种结构产生误解；
• 指“从过去的某时或某事说到现在”时，不用after，用since，所以可说Since his graduation he has been abroad.（since不可改成after）一定要改的话，可表示为After his graduation he went abroad. 这里的after是介词，用作连接词时用法一样。He went abroad after he graduated. 不可说 He has been abroad after he graduated.
• half after four，five minutes after eight等是美国英语，相当于英国英语half past four，five minutes past eight等，英国方言中也有half after four等表达方式；
• after引导的状语从句，用现在时态，不用将来时态。I shall start after he comes.

• after使用方法
• after详细辨析

英汉例句

用作介词 (prep.)

• After the play they called for the author to show himself.
  剧终之后他们请求编剧和大家见面。

用作连词 (conj.)

• After I finished my job,I sat down to read a newspaper.
  干完活后我坐下来读报。

用作副词 (adv.)

• We had dinner and went home after.
  我们吃完晚饭后就回家了。

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词组短语

用作介词 (prep.)

动词+～

• ask after 问候,问好
• dance after sb 's pipe 听从某人的指挥
• feel after 摸索着寻找
• follow after 跟在…后面，追随；追求；争取
• go after 追求，追逐

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• 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

经济学

• 在……以后

交通运输工程

• 在(或接近、向着)艉部(或机尾)
• 靠近后尾的(尤指船尾或机尾)

历史学

• 后学

航空、航天科学技术

• 在(或接近、向着)艉部(或机尾)
• 靠近后尾的(尤指船尾或机尾)