| 词组 | afternoon |
| 释义 | afternoon The afternoon is the part of each day which begins at noon or lunchtime and ends at about six o'clock. ◊ the present day You refer to the afternoon of the present day as this afternoon. I rang Pat this afternoon. Can I take it with me this afternoon? You refer to the afternoon of the previous day as yesterday afternoon. We circulated printed copies to other London newspapers yesterday afternoon. You refer to the afternoon of the next day as tomorrow afternoon. I'll be home tomorrow afternoon. ◊ single events in the past If you want to say that something happened during a particular afternoon in the past, you use on. Olivia Davenport was due on Friday afternoon. The box was delivered on the afternoon before my departure. If you have been describing what happened during a particular day, you can then say that something happened that afternoon or in the afternoon. That afternoon I walked into Ironstone. I left Walsall in the afternoon and went by bus and train to Nottingham. Friends were coming in the afternoon to take me to a game. If you are talking about a day in the past and you want to mention that something had happened during the afternoon of the day before, you say that it had happened the previous afternoon. He had spoken to me the previous afternoon. If you want to say that something happened during the afternoon of the next day, you say that it happened the following afternoon. I arrived at the village the following afternoon. In stories, if you want to say that something happened during an afternoon in the past, without saying which afternoon, you say that it happened one afternoon. One afternoon as I sat working in my office I heard a knock at the door. You can also say, for example, that something happened one November afternoon or on a November afternoon. He told me his story one cold March afternoon. I visited it on a warm May afternoon. ◊ talking about the future If you want to say that something will happen during a particular afternoon in the future, you use on. The semi-finals will be on Wednesday afternoon. If you are already talking about a day in the future, you can say that something will happen in the afternoon. We will arrive at Pisa early in the morning, then in the afternoon we will go on to Florence. If you are talking about a day in the future and you want to say that something will happen during the afternoon of the next day, you say that it will happen the following afternoon. We could run him in either the race at Lingfield or the Derby trial the following afternoon. ◊ regular events If something happens or happened regularly every afternoon, you say that it happens or happened in the afternoon or in the afternoons. In the afternoon we go for a drive. He is usually busy in the afternoons. In the afternoon he would take a nap. I went to the bookstore in the afternoons. If you want to say that something happens regularly once a week during a particular afternoon, you use on followed by the name of a day of the week and afternoons. The estate is going to be opened to the public on Sunday afternoons. On Saturday afternoons she used to serve behind the counter. ◊ exact times If you have mentioned an exact time and you want to make it clear that you are talking about the afternoon rather than the early morning, you add in the afternoon. We arrived at three in the afternoon. |
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