afterthought

英 [ˈɑːftəθɔːt]

美 [ˈæftərθɔːt]

n.  事后想法，事后添加的事物(常指未经周密考虑)

复数：afterthoughts　

BNC.15036 / COCA.14016

牛津词典

noun

• 事后想法，事后添加的事物（常指未经周密考虑）
  a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned
  1. They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought .
     他们邀请杰克和萨拉不过是事后想起的补救办法。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 事后的想法;追加的事物
  If you do or say something as anafterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.
  1. Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
     他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。

英英释义

noun

• an addition that was not included in the original plan
  1. the garage was an afterthought
• thinking again about a choice previously made
  1. he had second thoughts about his purchase
  Synonym:reconsiderationsecond thoughtrethink

双语例句

• Unfortunately, security is one topic that is often dismissed or dealt with as an afterthought.
  不幸的是，安全性是一个常被忽略的主题，或者是在发生安全事故之后才想到的事情。
• Finally, almost as an afterthought, he made a plea for calm and restraint on the streets.
  最后，几乎是马后炮，他请求街道上保持平衡与克制。
• Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
  他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。
• I met his wife, too. ( An afterthought.) I didn't much like her.
  我还见过他的夫人。（然后补充说）我不太喜欢她。
• It is an afterthought ( or a "never-thought") rather than an integral planning consideration.
  这是一种事后聪明的做法（或者是“不考虑”），而不是整体的计划考虑。
• At Activiti, dealing with business processes in the context of software development is not an afterthought.
  在Activiti，在软件开发环境下处理业务流程不是可有可无的事情。
• Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
  第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。
• Search is now an afterthought in a market controlled by Google, and dial-up Internet is in terminal decline.
  面对谷歌（google）在搜索市场的控制地位，再想去开展搜索业务已成了放马后炮，而拨号联网业务更是日薄西山。
• Now, UNIX is a platform, and the architecture is mostly an afterthought.
  现在UNIX是一个平台，体系架构已经几乎成为一种回忆了。
• The first appears to be an afterthought but good PR.
  第一条声明似乎是一种事后追加但是很好的公关。