单词 | after |
释义 | after4 /'a: fta(r) US: 'aef-; 'aeftw/ prep 1 following in time; later than: (指时间)在,以后; …以后: ~ dinner; 餐后; ~ dark; 天黑以后; ~ two o'clock; 两点钟以后; soon/shortly ~ six. 刚过六点钟不久。 Cf 参较 a little before six. ~ that, then; next; 然后; the day ~ tomorrow; 后天; the week ~ next; 下个礼拜; (US) (美) half ~ (GB 英 = past) seven. 七时半。 2 next in order to; following: (指顺序) 在…后面: Put the direct object ~ the verb. 把直接宾语放在动词后面。 'Against' comes ~ 'again' in the dictionary. 在字典中 against 列于 again 之后。 3 behind: 在…后面: Shut the door ~ you when you leave the room. 你离开房间时,请随手关门。 4 in view of; as a result of: 鉴于; 由于: I shall never speak to him again ~ what he has said about me. 由于他说了那些有关我的话,我将永远不再跟他说话。 5 ~ all. a in spite of all: 虽然; 尽管: A~ all my care, it was broken. 虽然我已尽量小心,仍然把它打破了。 b nevertheless: 依然: He failed ~ all, in spite of all that had been done, etc. 他毕竟还是失败了(虽然已尽了一切努力)。 6 (in the pattern: n ~ n, indicating succession): (用于 n ~ n 之句型中,表示连续): day ~ day; 日复一日; 一天一天地; week ~ week; 一星期一星期地; time ~ time, repeatedly, very often; 一次又一次地; 屡次; shot ~ shot. 一枪接一枪地。 one (damned) thing ~ another, succession of unpleasant happenings, etc. 一连串不愉快的事件。 7 (indicating manner) in the style of; in imitation of: (指方式)有…之风; 仿照: a painting ~ Rembrandt; 一幅模仿仑布兰特的画; (do sth) ~ a fashion; a man ~ my own heart, → fashion(1), heart(2). 8 (with vv, indicating pursuit, search, inquiry): (与动词连用,表示追赶,搜毎,询问): The policeman ran ~ the thief. 警察追赶窃贼。 Did they inquire ~ me, ask for news of me? 他们有没有问到我? be/get ~ sb, look for, in order to reprimand, punish, etc according to context: (为了给予申斥、处罚等而)寻找某人: The police are ~ him. 警方正在捉拿他。 They'll be ~ you if you steal apples from this orchard. 如果你从这果园里偷走苹果,他们将会到处抓你。 → look ~, name sb ~, take ~, at look1(7), name2(1) and take(16). 9 (Irish usage) preceding a gerund, making an equivalent of a perfect tense: (爱尔兰用法)置于动名词前造成与完成式相等的结构: He's ~ drinking, has been drinking. 他一直在饮酒。 |
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