afterward

英 [ˈɑːftə(r)wə(r)d]

美 [ˈæftərwərd]

adv.  之后; 后来

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英英释义

adv

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
  1. he apologized subsequently
  2. he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
  3. it didn't happen until afterward
  4. two hours after that
  Synonym:subsequentlylaterafterwardsafterlater on

双语例句

• We went on to a nightclub afterward.
  后来，我们去夜总会了。
• Peter received his pardon and soon afterward married the captain's daughter.
  彼得得到了赦免，不久后便同上尉的女儿结了婚。
• But it's only afterward, once we've won, that the real difficulties begin.
  但是，事后，我们赢了以后，真正的困难才开始。
• For I fear's I might afterward lose you.
  我怕以后会失去你。
• We began mass-producing it shortly afterward.
  不久我们就大量生产它了。
• I expressed my concern to the president the day afterward.
  次日，我向总统表示了我的关切。
• For days afterward I endured cold silence from my father and intense glares from my mother.
  此后一连几天，我领教了爸爸冰冷的沉默和妈妈无情的怒视。
• Then, if the couple chooses to have a religious ceremony afterward they can.
  那么，如果这对配偶通过了宗教仪式，他们可以。
• Afterward, I was so embarrassed that I set myself a new goal.
  这之后，我尴尬之极，于是就为自己定了一个新目标。
• Not long afterward, he became a bishop.
  不久以后，他成为了一名主教。