afterthought
英 [ˈɑːftəθɔːt]
美 [ˈæftərθɔːt]
n. 事后想法，事后添加的事物(常指未经周密考虑)
BNC.15036 / COCA.14016
牛津词典
noun
- 事后想法，事后添加的事物（常指未经周密考虑）
a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned- They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought .
他们邀请杰克和萨拉不过是事后想起的补救办法。
- They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought .
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 事后的想法;追加的事物
If you do or say something as anafterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.- Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。
- Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
英英释义
noun
- an addition that was not included in the original plan
- the garage was an afterthought
- thinking again about a choice previously made
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
双语例句
- In most basketball videogames up to this point, they have been more of an afterthought.
在对待这一点上，大多数篮球游戏也不过就是提一提罢了。 - Many software product developers tackle the user interface last, adding it on as an afterthought.
许多软件产品开发人员到最后再解决用户界面问题，把它作为一种事后来考虑的问题。 - Too often, scalability is an afterthought or a reaction to an overloaded system.
可惜可伸缩性往往只是在系统过载后才被想起。 - Oh, he added, as if it were an afterthought.
哦，他补充说，因为如果它是一个事后的想法。 - It is an afterthought ( or a "never-thought") rather than an integral planning consideration.
这是一种事后聪明的做法（或者是“不考虑”），而不是整体的计划考虑。 - This is why open source has done well in programming tools, but desktops and user interfaces have often been an afterthought.
这也是为何开源在编程工具方面做得很好，而桌面和用户界面则总是被置后考虑。 - For most software projects, quality is an afterthought.
对大多数软件项目而言，质量是马后炮。 - Is performance an afterthought until someone at the right management level starts complaining?
是不是实施只是马后炮，直到某个具有管理水平的人开始抱怨？ - A business lunch where food is an afterthought to intense dealmaking and negotiation.
在工作午餐上，忙于紧张的交易和谈判而顾不上吃饭。 - Service management and monitoring should be considered at Design-Time, not as an afterthought associated solely with IT operations.
服务管理和监视应该是在设计时考虑的问题，不应该是只与IT操作相关联的后期问题。