afterwards
adverb /ˈɑːftəwədz/
/ˈæftərwərdz/
(especially British English) (North American English usually afterward)
- at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned
以后；后来 - Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.
后来她后悔说了那些话。 - Let's go out now and eat afterwards.
咱们现在出去，然后再吃饭。 - Shortly afterwards he met her again.
不久之后，他又遇到了她。 - He took his family to supper at a restaurant, and soon afterwards, he fell ill.
他带他的家人去餐馆吃晚饭，不久之后，他生病了。
- They decided to have another child, and Jake was born not long afterwards.
他们决定再要一个孩子，不久之后杰克出生了。 - Steve and I remained friends for years afterwards.
史蒂夫和我多年后仍是朋友。 - Only afterwards did we realise how lucky we were to get away.
直到后来，我们才意识到我们能逃脱是多么幸运。
词源Old English æftewearde, from æftan ‘aft’ + -wards (see -ward), influenced by after. - Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.