以后，过后，后来　later; after that

　Afterwards he wrote to me twice.　后来他给我写了两次信。
　Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.　后来她后悔说了那些话。
　Afterwards, we all helped with the washing up.　后来我们大家都帮着洗餐具。
　Directly afterwards, she continued her story.　随后她继续讲故事。
　Shortly afterwards they left.　不久他们就离开了。
　Shortly afterwards he was seen in a bar in town.　不久以后，有人在城里一家酒吧见到了他。
　Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.　不久，警察就拦住了那辆车，把两个人都逮捕了。
　Soon afterwards, he began his researches into electricity.　不久以后，他开始进行电方面的研究。
　They had a bath and afterwards played games.　他们洗完澡，然后做游戏。
　Let's go and see a film and afterwards we could go for a meal.　我们去看场电影吧，之后可以去吃顿饭。
　We went for a walk, and afterwards we ate lunch.　我们去散步了，后来就吃了中饭。
　We had tea, and afterwards we sat in the garden for a while.　我们喝了茶，后来在花园里坐了一会儿。
　They separated, and soon afterwards Jane left the country.　他们分开后不久简离开了这个国家。
　She died soon afterwards.　她不久以后就死了。
　You will regret afterwards.　你以后会后悔的。
　What happened afterwards? 　后来怎么样?
　They lived happily ever afterwards.　从此以后他们一直过着幸福的生活。
　I'm busy now. I'll go there afterwards.　我现在很忙，呆会儿再过去。
　He has waited for a few minutes and left afterwards.　他等了一会儿，然后离开了。
　He was fine before lunch, but felt sick afterwards.　午餐前他还好，过后他就觉得不舒服了。
　I met him at a party and saw him again soon afterwards.　我在聚会上认识了他，不久又再见到他。
　I was wretched afterwards, thinking what I'd done to you.　后来一想起我是怎样对待你的， 我就很难过。
　Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterwards.　咱们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
　The bud was small at first, but afterwards it became a large flower.　那花一开始很小，后来却长成一朵大花。
　Well, a month afterwards, Mrs. Jessup and I were married in a Methodist Church.　唔，一个月以后，我和杰瑟普夫人在一座卫理公会教堂里举行了婚礼。

 ♣ afterwards, later
　这两个词在表示“一段时间后”(at a later time)时可通用，但在与一段具体的时间连用时只用later，不用afterwards. 例如：不能说He fell ill on Monday and died three days afterwards.而应说He fell ill on Monday and died three days later.他星期一患病，三天后就死了。

　［反义词］ backward, beforehand, once