afterwards
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++af·ter·wards /ˈɑːftəwədz $ ˈæftərwərdz/ ●●● S2 W3 adverb (also afterward) AFTERafter an event or time that has already been mentioned 随后，以后，后来 Charles arrived shortly afterwards. 过了不多久，查尔斯来了。days/weeks etc afterwards The experience haunted me for years afterwards. 此后多年，这经历一直困扰着我。 She died not long afterwards. 不久以后她去世了。 Afterwards, I was asked to write a book. 后来，有人要我写一本书。► see thesaurus at after
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afterwards• His wife fell ill in June and died soon afterwards.• The operation was rather painful, but I felt a lot better afterwards.• But it was all too late, and Wakeling quit soon afterwards.• I remember the blood on the grass when I came out afterwards.• In contrast, Ellis showed great form until the dismissal which he said afterwards amazed him.• A couple of years afterwards I bumped into her in a supermarket.• For a while my wife and I were helpless with laughter, but trying to clean up afterwards taught us a lesson!• Other members of their families were upstairs dancing, and afterwards they all walked home in a group.• Immediately afterwards they had a grand Field Day.not long afterwards• He had girl friends from the age of twelve and was rumoured to drink beer not long afterwards.• The barrage of public anger was intense, Mr Whitney returned to the backbenches not long afterwards.• Sure enough, not long afterwards she heard the first faint sounds of pursuit.• And the day, not long afterwards, when she'd first heard some one call her father crazy.af·ter·wards adverbChineseSyllable
time Corpus been after or an already event mentioned has that
afterwards
af‧ter‧wards S2 W3 /ˈɑːftəwədz $ ˈæftərwərdz/
adverb (also afterward)
after an event or time that has already been mentioned:
Charles arrived shortly afterwards.
days/weeks etc afterwards
The experience haunted me for years afterwards.
She died not long afterwards.
Afterwards, I was asked to write a book.
▪ 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.
af‧ter‧wards S2 W3 /ˈɑːftəwədz $ ˈæftərwərdz/
adverb (also afterward)after an event or time that has already been mentioned:
days/weeks etc afterwards
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