after
prep.
1.在...以后
After graduation he went abroad.
毕业后他去了国外.
At half after ten it began to rain.
在十点半下起雨来.
2.在...后面;随...之后
After you with the paper,please.
请您看完报纸后给我.
She entered the hall after her mother.
她跟随在她母亲之后进入厅内.
3.低于;次于
A captain comes after a major.
上尉军衔低于少校.
4.鉴于,由于
After what had happened he could not continue to work there.
鉴于所发生的事情,他不可能继续在那里工作下去了.
5.仿照,模仿
This is a painting after Picasso.
这是一幅仿毕加索的画.
6.依照;按照...的名字
The kid was named after his grandfather.
这孩子是以他祖父的名字命名的.
7.尽管
After all our efforts,the experiment failed.
尽管我们做了努力,试验还是失败了.
8.搜寻,寻找
Mary is after a better job.
玛丽在寻找一个更好的工作.
conj.
1.在...之后
I will tell you after they leave.
他们走后我再告诉你.
ad.
1.以后,之后
They arrived shortly after.
不久以后他们抵达了.
2.在后面,随后
Tom went on Monday,and Mary left the day after.
汤姆星期一走的,玛丽第二天就离开了.
a.[B]
1.以后的
His health was declining in after years.
在以后的岁月,他的健康不断衰退.
2.后部的
A few passengers would have a stroll on the after deck before the evening meal.
几位乘客将在晚饭前到后甲板上散步.
