after
preposition /ˈɑːftə(r)/
/ˈæftər/
Idioms - later than something; following something in time
（时间）在…后 - We'll leave after lunch.
我们将在午饭后动身。 - They arrived shortly after 5.
他们是在 5 点钟刚过到达的。 - Not long after that he resigned.
那以后不久他就辞职了。 - Let’s meet the day after tomorrow/the week after next.
咱们后天／下下周再见。 - After winning the prize she became famous overnight.
她获奖后一夜之间成名了。 - After an hour I went home (= when an hour had passed).
一小时之后我回家了。 - (North American English) It’s ten after seven in the morning (= 7.10 a.m.).
现在是早上七点十分。
- We'll leave after lunch.
- next to and following somebody/something in order or importance
（按顺序、重要性）在…后面，仅次于 - Your name comes after mine in the list.
在名单上你的名字在我的后面。 - He's the tallest, after Richard.
除了理查德，他的个子最高。 - After you (= Please go first).
请先走。 - After you with the paper (= Can I have it next?).
报纸你看完了给我看。
- Your name comes after mine in the list.
- behind somebody when they have left; following somebody
跟随；追赶；在（某人）后面 - Shut the door after you.
随手关门。 - I'm always having to clean up after the children (= clean the place after they have left it dirty and untidy).
孩子们离开以后，我总得打扫一番。 - He ran after her with the book.
他拿着那本书在后面追赶她。 - She was left staring after him.
她目不转睛地望着他离去的背影。
- Shut the door after you.
- in contrast to something
与…对照；与…对比 - It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside.
与户外的湿热相比，屋里真是凉爽惬意。
- It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside.
- as a result of or because of something that has happened
鉴于；由于 - I'll never forgive him after what he said.
由于他说了那些话，我永远也不会原谅他。
- I'll never forgive him after what he said.
- despite something; although something has happened
尽管；虽然 - I can't believe she'd do that, not after all I've done for her.
在我为她做了这一切之后，我无法相信她会那样做。
- I can't believe she'd do that, not after all I've done for her.
- … after…used to show that something happens many times or continuously
（表示反复不断或一个接着一个） - day after day of hot weather
日复一日的炎热天气 - I've told you time after time not to do that.
我一再告诉过你不要干那件事。
- day after day of hot weather
- trying to find or catch somebody/something
寻找；追捕 - The police are after him.
警方正在追捕他。 - He's after a job at our place.
他到我们这儿找工作。
- The police are after him.
- about somebody/something
关于 - She asked after you (= how you were).
她问候你。
- She asked after you (= how you were).
- in the style of somebody/something; following the example of somebody/something
模仿；依照 - a painting after Goya
一幅仿戈雅的画 - We named the baby ‘Ena’ after her grandmother.
我们以婴儿祖母的名字给婴儿取名 “埃娜”。
- a painting after Goya
- after-(in adjectives
构成形容词 …后的 - after-hours drinking (= after closing time)
打烊时间以后饮酒 - an after-school club
课外活动俱乐部 - after-dinner mints
餐后薄荷糖
- after-hours drinking (= after closing time)
词源Old English æfter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch achter.
Idioms
after all
- despite what has been said or expected
毕竟；终归 - So you made it after all!
你毕竟成功了！
- So you made it after all!
- used when you are explaining something, or giving a reason
（解释或说明理由）别忘了，到底 - He should have paid. He suggested it, after all.
他本来就应该付款，反正他自己也这么提出。
- He should have paid. He suggested it, after all.
be after doing something (Irish English)
- to be going to do something soon; to be intending to do something soon
正要做某事；打算就要做某事 - to have just done something
刚做了某事