afterward
英 ['ɑ?ft?w?d]
美['ɑft?w?d]
- adv. 以后，后來
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英文詞源
- afterward (adv.)
- Old English ?ftanweard, from ?ftan "after" (see aft) + -weard suffix indicating direction (see -ward); nautical use as aftward, then expanded by influence of after; variant afterwards shows adverbial genitive.
雙語例句
- 1. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.
- 生活總是讓我們遍體鱗傷，但到后來，那些受傷的地方會變得更堅強。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
- 她們隨后來到后臺，對他嬌語諂媚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Not long afterward she received five calls in one day.
- 不久之后，她一天內(nèi)就接到了5個電話。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed.
- 他事后仔細(xì)剖析那項計劃以便搞清它失敗的原因.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward.
- 讓我們先去看戲,然后吃飯.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》