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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++af·ter1 /ˈɑːftə $ ˈæftər/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition, conjunction, adverb 1 AFTERwhen a particular event or time has happened, or when someone has done something 〔时间上〕在…后 OPP before After the war many soldiers stayed in France. 战后，许多士兵留在法国。 I go swimming every day after work. 我每天下班后都去游泳。 Do you believe in life after death? 你相信人死后还有来生吗？ The first attack started just after midnight. 刚过午夜，第一波进攻开始了。 David went to bed straight after (=immediately after) supper. 戴维一吃完晚饭就去睡觉了。 After you’d called the police, what did you do? 报警之后，你做了些什么？ Zimmerman changed his name after he left Germany. 齐默尔曼离开德国后改了名字。 People still remember the 1958 revolution and what came after (=happened after it). 人们依然记得1958年的那场革命和之后发生的事。after doing something After leaving school, Mackay worked in a restaurant for a year. 中学毕业后，麦凯在一家餐厅工作了一年。two days/three weeks etc after (something) Ten years after he bought the painting, Carswell discovered that it was a fake. 卡斯韦尔买下那幅画十年后发现它是赝品。the day/week/year etc after (something) (=the next day, week etc) （某事）发生后的第二天/周/年等 His car was outside your house the morning after Bob’s engagement party. 鲍勃订婚宴会的第二天早上，他的车停在你家门外。 I’ll see you again tomorrow or the day after. 明天或后天我会再来看你。 She retired from politics the year after she received the Nobel Prize. 她获得诺贝尔奖的第二年退出了政坛。soon/not long/shortly after (something) Not long after the wedding, his wife became ill. 婚后不久，他的妻子就病了。 The family moved to Hardingham in June 1983, and Sarah’s first child was born soon after. 1983年6月，全家人移居哈丁厄姆，不久萨拉的第一个孩子出生了。2 AFTERwhen a particular amount of time has passed 〔一段时间〕以后 OPP before After ten minutes remove the cake from the oven. 十分钟后，把蛋糕从烤炉中取出。 You’ll get used to it after a while. 过一阵子你就会习惯的。 After months of negotiation, an agreement was finally reached. 经过数月谈判，终于达成了一项协议。3 AFTERfollowing someone or something else in a list or a piece of writing, or in order of importance 〔在清单或一段文字中，或指主次顺序〕在…之后 Whose name is after yours on the list? 名单上谁的名字排在你后面？ The date should be written after the address. 日期应写在地址之后。 After football, tennis is my favourite sport. 除了足球，网球是我最喜爱的体育活动。 The UK is the world’s third largest arms producer, after the USA and Russia. 英国是世界第三大武器生产国，位列美国和俄罗斯之后。4 American EnglishTMC used when telling the time to say how many minutes have passed since a particular hour 〔整点〕过〔几分〕 SYN British English past5 day after day/year after year etc CONTINUOUScontinuously for a very long time 日复一日/年复一年等6 7 AFTERwhen someone has left a place or has finished doing something 在〔某人离开某地或做完某事〕后8 BECAUSEbecause of something that happened earlier 由于；既然9 DESPITEin spite of something that was done in the past 尽管，虽然10 when you have passed a particular place or travelled a certain distance along a road 过〔某地或某段路〕以后11 be after somebody/something 12 one after another/one after the other SERIESif a series of events or actions happen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one 一个接一个13 after all 14 NAME OF A PERSON especially British English used to say who or what first had the name that someone or something has been given 以…命名15 formalAPAV in the same style as a particular painter, musician etc 具有…的风格，模仿16 → a man/woman after my own heart at heart1(22), → take after at take1 THESAURUSafter preposition after something happens, or after a period of time has passed. After is used especially when talking about the past 在…后〔尤用于谈论过去〕We went for a walk after lunch. 我们吃完午饭去散步了。After an hour, we got tired of waiting and went home. 一小时后，我们等得不耐烦就回家了。nThey got married just after Christmas.in preposition after a particular period of time. In is used especially when talking about the future, especially the next few minutes, hours, days etc 在〔某段时间〕之后〔尤用于谈论将来，尤指接下来的几分钟、几小时、几天等〕The concert’s due to start in a few minutes. 音乐会几分钟后就要开始。I’ll come back in an hour. 我一小时以后回来。In a few years’ time, this place will look completely different. 几年以后这地方会完全变样。within preposition after less than a month, two weeks etc has passed – used especially when the time seems surprisingly short 一个月/两星期等之内〔尤用于表示时间出奇地短〕: within a month/two weeks etcnHe developed a headache at lunchtime, and within two hours he was dead.Within two days of arriving she had managed to upset everyone. 她到了没两天就把大家都得罪了。24 hours/a year etc from now at a time 24 hours, a year etc after now 24小时/一年等以后A week from now we’ll be in Paris. 一星期后我们就在巴黎了。afterwards (also afterward especially American English) adverb after an event or time you have mentioned 〔上文提到的事或时间〕之后；随后nJones admitted afterwards that she had been very nervous during the game.nSpeaking to reporters afterward, he said the operation had been a success.He moved to Belgium, and soon afterwards he met Angela. 他移居比利时，之后不久就认识了安杰拉。later adverb some time after now or after the time you are talking about 以后，后来I’ll tell you about it later when I’m less busy. 晚些时候等我空闲一点再告诉你。 | two months/three years etc later 两个月/三年等以后:James went off, and came back ten minutes later with some food. 詹姆斯走了，十分钟以后带了些食物回来。subsequently adverb formal after something had happened in the past 后来The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages. 这本书于1954年出版，后来被译成15种语言。
Examples from the Corpus
after• After a few minutes, she fell asleep.• At first I was very nervous, but after a while I began to feel more confident.• After a while, we got tired of waiting and went home.• After all the trouble I had, Reese didn't even say thank you.• The war ended after another six months of fighting.• After dancing, going to the movies is my favorite weekend activity.• Do you believe in life after death?• After half an hour we got tired of waiting and went home.• There were several people after me who didn't manage to get into the game.• a painting after Rembrandt• The movie starts at a quarter after seven.• After ten days, their supplies of water were running low.• What's on after the 6 o'clock news?• The date should be written after the address.• After the dance, a few of us went out for a drink.• I'm not surprised he left her, after the way she treated him.• I go swimming every day after work.• After your letter, I didn't think I'd ever see you again.• My name is after yours on the list.• Whose name is after yours on the list?soon/not long/shortly after (something)• Her fiance was there; they married and then divorced not long after.• This ambition becomes more predominant in his character not long after his encounter with the witches.• But not long after, it was back.• She had confided this to Liz in a tearful moment, not long after Jonathan had run off with the Williams girl.• The pity of it was, not long after my father died in 1933 things improved quite a lot in the material sense.• Two can be seen not long after the start of the Cliff Walk.• They were wrong. Not long after they arrived home, Allison began to feel the familiar pains and called the doctor.• It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester's service.after2 adjective [only before noun] 1. in after years literaryAFTER in the years after the time that has been mentioned 在后来的年月里2. TTWTTA technical in the back part of a boat or an aircraft 〔船或飞机〕后部的Examples from the Corpus
after• the after deck• A packed Hall of graduates and undergraduates gave Baroness Park an affectionate standing ovation at the end of her after dinner speech.• Abaft the after head is a large locker accessed either through a door in the head or from the cockpit.• Several men in the after shell-room lingered there too long... and were drowned.• Our friendly wine bar is also there for your pre-show drink, your interval glass of wine or your after show socialising.after- /ɑːftə $ æftər/ prefix AFTERcoming or happening afterwards 在…以后（的） OPP pre- an after-dinner speech 餐后演说 after-school activities 课外活动Examples from the Corpus
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af‧ter1 S1 W1 /ˈɑːftə $ ˈæftər/ 
preposition, conjunction, adverb
OPP before:
After the war many soldiers stayed in France.
I go swimming every day after work.
Do you believe in life after death?
The first attack started just after midnight.
David went to bed straight after (=immediately after) supper.
After you’d called the police, what did you do?
Zimmerman changed his name after he left Germany.
People still remember the 1958 revolution and what came after (=happened after it).
after doing something
After leaving school, Mackay worked in a restaurant for a year.
two days/three weeks etc after (something)
Ten years after he bought the painting, Carswell discovered that it was a fake.
the day/week/year etc after (something) (=the next day, week etc)
His car was outside your house the morning after Bob’s engagement party.
I’ll see you again tomorrow or the day after.
She retired from politics the year after she received the Nobel Prize.
soon/not long/shortly after (something)
Not long after the wedding, his wife became ill.
The family moved to Hardingham in June 1983, and Sarah’s first child was born soon after.
2. when a particular amount of time has passed
OPP before:
After ten minutes remove the cake from the oven.
You’ll get used to it after a while.
After months of negotiation, an agreement was finally reached.
3. following someone or something else in a list or a piece of writing, or in order of importance:
Whose name is after yours on the list?
The date should be written after the address.
After football, tennis is my favourite sport.
The UK is the world’s third largest arms producer, after the USA and Russia.
4. American English used when telling the time to say how many minutes have passed since a particular hour
SYN past British English:
The movie starts at a quarter (=fifteen minutes) after seven.
5. day after day/year after year etc continuously for a very long time:
He’s worked in that same office week after week, year after year, since he was 18.
6.
a. following someone in order to stop or speak to them:
Go after him and apologize.
I heard someone running after me, and a voice called my name.
b. in the direction of someone who has just left:
‘Good luck,’ she called after me as I left.
Harry stood in the doorway gazing after her.
7. when someone has left a place or has finished doing something:
Remember to close the door after you.
I spend all day cleaning up after the kids.
8. because of something that happened earlier:
I’m not surprised he walked out, after the way she treated him.
After your letter, I didn’t think I’d ever see you again.
9. in spite of something that was done in the past:
How can you treat me like this after all I’ve done for you?
10. when you have passed a particular place or travelled a certain distance along a road:
Turn left after the hotel.
After a mile you will come to a crossroads.
11. be after somebody/something
a. to be looking for someone or something:
That boy’s always in trouble – the police are after him again.
‘Were you after anything in particular?’ ‘No, we’re just looking.’
b. informal to want to have something that belongs to someone else:
I think Chris is after my job.
12. one after another/one after the other if a series of events or actions happen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one:
Ever since we moved here it’s been one problem after another.
13. after all
a. in spite of what you thought was true or expected to happen:
He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all.
Union leaders announced that they would, after all, take part in the national conference.
b. used to say that something should be remembered or considered, because it helps to explain what you have just said:
Prisoners should be treated with respect – they are human beings after all.
I don’t know why you’re so concerned – it isn’t your problem after all.
14. especially British English used to say who or what first had the name that someone or something has been given:
His name is Alessandro, after his grandfather.
It was named Waterloo Bridge, after the famous battle.
15. formal in the same style as a particular painter, musician etc:
a painting after Rembrandt
16.
a. after you spoken used to say politely that someone else can use or do something before you do:
‘Do you need the copier?’ ‘After you.’
b. after you with something used to ask someone if you can have or use something after they have finished:
After you with that knife, please.
⇨ a man/woman after my own heart at heart(22), ⇨ take after at take1
▪ after preposition after something happens, or after a period of time has passed. After is used especially when taking about the past: We went for a walk after lunch. | After an hour, we got tired of waiting and went home. | They got married just after Christmas.
▪in preposition after a particular period of time. In is used especially when talking about the future, especially the next few minutes, hours, days etc: The concert’s due to start in a few minutes. | I’ll come back in an hour. | In a few years’ time, this place will look completely different.
▪within preposition after less than a month, two weeks etc has passed – used especially when the time seems surprisingly short: within a month/two weeks etc : He developed a headache at lunchtime, and within two hours he was dead. | Within two days of arriving she had managed to upset everyone.
▪24 hours/a year etc from now at a time 24 hours, a year etc after now: A week from now we’ll be in Paris.
▪afterwards (also afterward especially American English) adverb after an event or time you have mentioned: Jones admitted afterwards that she had been very nervous during the game. | Speaking to reporters afterward, he said the operation had been a success. | He moved to Belgium, and soon afterwards he met Angela.
▪later adverb some time after now or after the time you are talking about: I’ll tell you about it later when I’m less busy. | two months/three years etc later : James went off, and came back ten minutes later with some food.
▪subsequently adverb formal after something had happened in the past: The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages.
after2 adjective [only before noun]
1. in after years literary in the years after the time that has been mentioned
2. technical in the back part of a boat or an aircraft
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preposition, conjunction, adverb Language: Old English
Origin: æfter
1. when a particular event or time has happened, or when someone has done something Origin: æfter
OPP before:
after doing something
two days/three weeks etc after (something)
the day/week/year etc after (something) (=the next day, week etc)
soon/not long/shortly after (something)
2. when a particular amount of time has passed
OPP before:
3. following someone or something else in a list or a piece of writing, or in order of importance:
4. American English used when telling the time to say how many minutes have passed since a particular hour
SYN past British English:
5. day after day/year after year etc continuously for a very long time:
6.
a. following someone in order to stop or speak to them:
b. in the direction of someone who has just left:
7. when someone has left a place or has finished doing something:
8. because of something that happened earlier:
9. in spite of something that was done in the past:
10. when you have passed a particular place or travelled a certain distance along a road:
11. be after somebody/something
a. to be looking for someone or something:
b. informal to want to have something that belongs to someone else:
12. one after another/one after the other if a series of events or actions happen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one:
13. after all
a. in spite of what you thought was true or expected to happen:
b. used to say that something should be remembered or considered, because it helps to explain what you have just said:
14. especially British English used to say who or what first had the name that someone or something has been given:
15. formal in the same style as a particular painter, musician etc:
16.
a. after you spoken used to say politely that someone else can use or do something before you do:
b. after you with something used to ask someone if you can have or use something after they have finished:
⇨ a man/woman after my own heart at heart(22), ⇨ take after at take1
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adjective [only before noun]1. in after years literary in the years after the time that has been mentioned
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