afterward

英 [ˈɑːftə(r)wə(r)d]

美 [ˈæftərwərd]

adv.  之后; 后来

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英英释义

adv

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
  1. he apologized subsequently
  2. he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
  3. it didn't happen until afterward
  4. two hours after that
  Synonym:subsequentlylaterafterwardsafterlater on

双语例句

• Olga soon afterward married an army man and left home.
  奥尔加不久和一个军官结了婚。并离开了家。
• Not long afterward, he became a bishop.
  不久以后，他成为了一名主教。
• He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
  他回答说，我不去。以后自己懊悔就去了。
• We went on to a nightclub afterward.
  后来，我们去夜总会了。
• He became a celebrity and a professional swimmer afterward.
  在这个历史性的跨越后，他成为了一个名人和专业游泳选手。
• Afterward, I will smile alone in the solitude of life.
  之后，我会在生命的孤寂中独自微笑。
• Peter received his pardon and soon afterward married the captain's daughter.
  彼得得到了赦免，不久后便同上尉的女儿结了婚。
• I remembered it afterward, when we were engaged.
  后来我们订婚时我还记得。
• Henry remembered this, afterward, when the disaster came, and acted accordingly.
  后来灾祸临来，亨利果然记住了这个，并且照这样做了。
• For days afterward I endured cold silence from my father and intense glares from my mother.
  此后一连几天，我领教了爸爸冰冷的沉默和妈妈无情的怒视。