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词组 After
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After     

1

(指时间) 在……之后;晚于：
After supper the whole family went to the park for a stroll.
晚饭以后，全家到公园散步去了。
Nazi Germany occupied Paris and forced France to surrender only a week after the outbreak of the war.
战争爆发后仅一个星期，纳粹德国就占领了巴黎并迫使法国投降。
A friend of mine will come to see me after two o’clock this afternoon.
今天下午两点以后我的一个朋友要来看我。
After leaving college he went to Europe for higher studies.
大学毕业以后，他便到欧洲去深造了。
After doing all I could，I calmly awaited the result.
把能做的都做了以后，我平静地等待结果。
After dark，students all returned to their dormitories studying their lessons.
天黑以后学生们都回到他们宿舍学习去了。
2
(指地点、位置) 在……后面：
After you，please.
请您先走。
Shut the door after you.
请随手关门。
We should put the verb after the subject in a declarative sentence.
在陈述句中我们要把动词放在主语之后。
I shouted after him but he did not hear and still went on.
我在他后面喊，但他没有听见，仍然继续往前走。
He trained his dogs to drag a sledge after them on ice or snow.
他训练他的狗在冰雪上拖冰橇。
Although we are both admitted by the school，my name comes after his in the admission list.
虽然我们都被该学校录取，但是在榜上我的名字位于他的名字之后。
The king entered into the palace and his ministers entered after him.
国王进入宫殿，他的大臣们跟在他的后面进入。
3
(按照地位、规模、重要性等的排列顺序)位于……之后：
Saturday comes after Friday in a week.
一个星期中，星期六在星期五之后。
Tianjin is after Shanghai in area and population.
在面积和人口上天津次于 上 海。
County comes after province in Chinese administrative division.
在中国的行政区划上，县低于省。
I am after him in rank，I am a lieutenant and he is a captain.
我在军衔上位于他之后;我是中尉，他是上尉。
Clothing is after food in their importance to our daily life，we must have enough food before we think of clothes.
在日常生活中，衣服的重要性次于食物，我们首先要有足够的食物然后才想到穿衣。
Japan is by far after our country in area and population，but，in the past，it was a militaristic country and often invaded us.
日本在国土和人口上远不如我国，但是，过去，它是个军国主义国家，时常侵略我们。
4
相继;“一个”接“一个”：
Time after time he reviewed his lessons until he could recite them by heart.
他一次又一次地复习功课，直到他能背下来。
Spring after spring swallows return and build their nests on our roofs.
燕子个个春天都回来在我们屋顶上搭窝。
Day after day I hope my old friends would come and see me.
我一天天地盼望老朋友们会来看我。
Minute after minute the little child longed for his mother to return.
那小孩一分钟又一分钟地盼望他的妈妈回来。
Century after century our forefathers have laboured，lived and multiplied on this land.
我们的祖先一个世纪又一个世纪，在这块大地上，劳动、生息和繁衍。
Second after second the scientist counts the time reversely for the hydrogen bomb to explode.
科学家一秒又一秒地倒计时，等候氢弹爆炸。
5
(指原因)由于;因为：
We were very tired after so long a walk.
由于走了这么长的路，我们非常累。
I washed my hands of him after this.
由于这件事，我跟他断了交。
I will be more careful after what you have said.
由于你告诉我的那些话，我今后一定更小心。
She was very hungry after working a whole day without eating anything.
由于一整天干活没吃一点东西，她非常饿。
I shall never talk with him after what he has said about me.
由于他说了我那些话，我将永远不搭理他。
After the rude manner John treated Mary with，Mary’s classmates never want to see him.
由于约翰对待玛丽的粗暴无礼，玛丽的同学们都不愿再见他了。
6
(指让步，介词after的宾语前常冠以all)虽然;尽管：
He still insists on his wrong idea after all the warnings.
尽管给了他这些警告，他仍然坚持他的错误想法。
They took a bad measure after all our good advice.
虽然我们给他们提了那么好的建议，他们仍然采取了不良步骤。
He still indulged himself in smoking and drinking after all his parent’s admonition.
尽管他的父母总训诫他，他仍然沉溺于吸烟饮酒。
The scientist still went on with his experiments after all his failures.
尽管多次失败，那科学家仍然继续实验。
After all these medical treatments，the patient died at last.
虽然经过这么多的治疗，那位病人最后还是死了。
After all the suggestion we made，he adopted a contrary course.
我们虽然提了许多建议，他仍然采取了相反的方针。
7
追赶;搜寻：
He went to South Africa after gold.
他去南非去淘金.
We are sure that indecent person is after no good.
我们准知道那个不正派的人做不出好事来。
They will be after you if you steal apples from this orchard.
如果你从这果园里偷走苹果，他们将会到处抓你。
What is he after，I wonder.
我不知道他究竟图的什么。
No one knows what those children are after in that shed.
没有一个人知道那些孩子们在那间小屋里找什么东西。
8
依照;模仿：
His paintings are after Tang Bohu，a famous ancient Chinese artist.
他的画是仿中国古代名画家唐伯虎的。
She is already old，so her dress is always after the old fashion.
她已经老了，所以她的服装总是仿照老式样。
This boy was named Dick after his uncle.
这个男孩按照他叔父的名字起名叫狄克。
He often practised his handwriting after some ancient calligraphy models.
他时常仿照一些古习字帖练习书法。
That writer always writes his articles in ancient Chinese prose after the manner of the eight famous scholars of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
那位作家总是仿照唐宋八大家的手法写古文。
9
符合;一致;很像：
She speaks and does things after her mother.
她说话办事完全跟她母亲一样。
He is a child after my heart.
他是个符合我心意的孩子。
This boy takes after his father.
这个男孩的长相跟他的父亲一样。
10
关注;关照：
She looked after the children for her neighbours.
她给邻居们照料孩子。
They inquired after your parents and would come to see them afterwards.
他们问候你的父母，今后会来看望他们。
◆
本词又是形容词，词义为：
以后的;后面的;随后的
We scarcely heard about him in after years until he became famous.
在以后的年头里我们很少听到他的消息，一直到他成名。
These sailors often take rest in the after cabin.
这些海员们时常在后舱休息。
◆
本词又是副词，词义为：
以后;后来;往后;在后
No matter what the timid man did，he would look before and after.
那个怯懦的人无论做什么事总是瞻前顾后。
He became a well-known industrialist twenty years after.
20年以后他成为一位有名望的实业家。
She changed her mind soon after and married a poet.
不久以后她就改变了主意，跟一位诗人结了婚。
◆
本词又是连接词，词义为：
(指时间)在……之后T
hey will begin their work after we leave.
他们将在我们离开以后开始他们的工作。
The man went to New York after he graduated from Cambridge.
那人在剑桥毕业以后去往纽约。
After he had fulfilled all his life duties，the old man died contentedly.
在已经尽完所有人生责任以后，那位老人满意地死去。
a day after the fair 太晚了;太迟了：
It is a day after the fair that you go out for breakfast at eleven in the morning.
你上午11点才出去吃早饭，太迟了。
after a fashion 稍微;有几分：
He can speak Chinese after a fashion，but sometimes he cannot make himself understood to the Chinese.
他略微会说一些汉语，但有时中国人听不懂他说的是什么。
after all 1
毕竟;终究：
Don’t set too strict a demand on him，he is a lad after all.
别对他要求过高，他毕竟还是一个小青年。
2
虽然;尽管：
After all my detailed explanation，he still does not understand.
虽然我给他详细解释，他还是不明白。
after an absence of 在离开……以后：
All sorts of feelings went up in the old man’s mind when he returned to his Alma Mater after an absence of decades of years.
当老人离开母校数十年以后又回到母校，他感慨万千。
after a sort 稍稍;有几分：
Tom has ever taken a course of technique in some night school，so he knows technical affairs after a sort.
汤姆曾经在某夜校上过技术课程;所以他稍微懂一些技术事务。
after a (little) while 过了一会儿：
We pressed the door bell and waited，after a little while a porter opened the door and ushered us in.
我们按一下门铃在外面等候，过了一会儿，看门人把门打开，领我们进去。
after calculation 经过考虑：
After much calculation，they decided to change their tactics and used a new method.
经过慎重考虑，他们决定改变策略，使用新方法。
after dark 天黑以后：
After dark，mother returned，with lots of fruit she bought for her child.
天黑以后，妈妈回来了，给她的孩子买了许多水果。
After dinner comes the reckoning.
〈谚语〉吃饭以后要付钱;要享乐就要付代价。
We must think deliberately before we enjoy anything because after dinner comes the reckoning.
我们享受任何东西以前需要仔细想好，因为要享乐就要付代价。
after due consideration 经过适当考虑以后：
After due consideration，we decided to begin from studying literature and art.
经过适当考虑以后，我们决定从研究文学和艺术入手。
after hours 工作完毕以后;学习完毕以后;营业时间以后：
That shop-assistant is an ambitious youth，he goes to an evening college to study after hours everyday.
那个店员是个抱负远大的青年，他每天下班以后到夜大学学习。
after/in a sort 有几分;稍微：
Each time I meet the man，I always feel that he is different from ordinary people after a sort.
每次我遇到那个人时，我总觉得他跟一般人稍有不同。
after long deliberation 经过长时间商讨以后：
After long deliberation，the cooperative decided to increase the business of mountain products.
经过长时间的商讨以后，该合作社决定增添山货的经营业务。
After meat，mustard. 〈谚语〉饭后上芥末;雨后送伞。
When our work has been finished，they come to help us，they are really after meat，mustard.
当我们工作完成以后，他们才来帮忙，他们真是雨后送伞。
after no good 不怀好意：
A woman traveller could not find a hotel after dark，she was very anxious when a stranger came up to her and said that he might offer her a lodging，the woman traveller dared not follow him lest he should be after no good.
一位女旅行者天黑以后仍找不到旅馆，他正在焦急，忽然一个陌生人走来说，他可以帮她找个宿所，那女旅行者不敢跟他去，恐怕他不怀好意。
after one’s fancy 投其所好;称心如愿：
A child wanted a toy car，his mother bought it for him at once，the child was overjoyed at getting it after his fancy.
一个小孩想要一个玩具汽车，他母亲立刻给他买了，那男孩称心如愿，无比高兴。
after one’s fashion 按照某人的方式、惯例：
At night，the old man would do a system of deep breathing exercises after his own fashion，and then he went to bed.
夜间，那位老人按照自己方式先作一套气功，然后睡觉。
after one’s heart 称心合意;如所愿望：
George’s family moved to a new city and he entered a school in that city.George found in the school some classmates very much after his heart，they became intimate friends at once.
乔治一家搬到一个新城市，乔治就进入该城市的一个学校上学，在学校里他找到一些非常称心合意的同学，他们立刻就成为好朋友。
after one’s soul 称心合意;如所愿望：
I accompanied her to the clothes shop and let her choose the dress herself so that she might buy a suit after her own soul.
我陪她到服装店，让她自己挑选服装，以便她能买到一套称心合意的服装。
After rain comes fair weather.〈谚语〉雨后天晴;否极泰来：
When we are unlucky，never worry ourselves too much，because the saying goes that after rain comes fair weather.
当我们运气不好时，不要太着急，谚语云：否极泰来。
after school 下学以后：
After school，pupils all return home，but their teacher is still busy，she must make preparations for the lesson tomorrow.
下学以后，学生们都回家了，但是他们的老师还在忙，因为，她必须准备明天的功课。
after the fact 犯罪以后;作案以后：
When a bad person commits crime，he must be very much dismayed after the fact，for he has a guilty conscience.
当坏人犯罪时，事后他一定非常惊慌，因为作贼心虚。
after the fashion of 模仿;像……一样：
That musician composed a song after the fashion of folk music，the song was much welcomed by the audience in concerts.
那位音乐家模仿民间音乐形式写了一首歌，这首歌在音乐会上深受听众欢迎。
after the manner of 模仿;像……一样：
Mr Smith admires the oriental civilization，he wears the oriental dress and eats the oriental meals，in one word，he does everything after the manner of the oriental people.
史密斯先生钦佩东方文化，他穿东方人的服装，吃东方式的饭食;总之，他做一切事都模仿东方人。
After you! 请您先走!
Adam is very polite to his guests，when he sees his guest out，he often says：“After you!”
亚当对他的客人们彬彬有礼，当他送他的客人时，常说：“请您先走!”
ask after 问候：
Mary asked after your mother and also asked me to send her regards to your brother.
玛丽问候你的母亲，并请我向你的弟兄问好。
aspire after 立志追求(知识、名誉、品德等)：
That scientist aspired after great honour，he tried to set up a new theory in physical science.
为求殊荣，他试图在自然科学中建立一个新的理论。
be after 搜索;追寻：
When a wrongdoer has done something bad，he would always be panic-stricken，often feeling apprehension that someone is after him.
当一个不良的人做了坏事以后，他总是恐惧万分，害怕有人追寻他。
call after 1
以……的名字命名：
They called their company“The Jackson’s Company”after their father John Jackson.
他们以他们父亲约翰·杰克逊的名字给他们的公司起名为“杰克逊公司”。
2
追喊：
Mother called after the pedlar who had just sold some fruit to her.
妈妈在后面追喊刚卖给她水果的那个小贩。
come after 跟在……的后面：
Henry’s favourite dog always comes after him wherever he goes，it never follows others even if they give it delicious food.
无论亨利走到哪里，他的爱犬总跟在他的后面;它永远也不跟随别人，即使别人给它好吃的东西也是如此。
dance after 仰……的鼻息;听……的指挥：
That orchestra has been trained with the proper method，all its members dance after the baton of the conductor in performance.
那个管弦乐队训练有素，在演奏时，乐队所有成员都听从乐队指挥的指挥棒指挥。
dance after sb’s piping 跟着某人亦步亦趋;听从某人指挥：
Our manager runs his company strictly，he demands that all staff members in the company should dance after his piping.
我们经理对他的公司管理严格，他要求公司所有职工都要听从他的指挥。
dance after/to sb’s whistle 听从某人指挥：
All members of that football team dance after their team leader’s whistle，so they win every game they go in for.
那个足球队的全体队员都听从他们队长的指挥，所以他们队无往而不胜。
day after day 日复一日;每日：
Since he came to work in this strange place，he has missed his wife and children day after day.
自从他来到这个陌生的地方工作以来，他日复一日地想念他的妻子和孩子。
ever after或ever afterwards 从那以后：
Peter learned a profound lesson from the failure last time，he has overcome his pride thought and become a modest and prudent young man ever afterwards.
彼得从上次失败中得到深刻教训，从那以后他已经克服了骄傲思想变成一个谦虚谨慎的青年。
fling/cast an old shoe after 〈口语〉祝(某人)长命富贵或幸福成功：
At the party，all guests celebrated his birthday and flung an old shoe after him.
在宴会上，所有的客人都祝贺他的生日，并祝他幸福成功。
follow after 1
紧跟：
We followed after a usher，who led us to their director’s office.
我们紧跟着看门人，他把我们领到他们主任的办公室。
2
追求;力求办到：
My friend chose archaeology as his career and followed after it all his life.
我的朋友选择考古作为他的事业并终生追求这个目标。
gape after 热望;渴望得到：
They gaped after favourable impressions from their manager，but this manager often blamed them for trifles.
他们渴望得到他们经理的青睐，但是这位经理时常因为琐事责备他们。
gasp after 热望;渴望得到：
A greedy person gasped after wealth，he toiled day and night in pursuit of it.
一个贪婪的人渴望财富，他日夜操劳去追求它。
gaze after sb 目送(某人)：
Mother gazed after her son until he went out of her sight.
母亲目送她的儿子，一直到他走远看不见了。
generation after generation 世世代代：
Our Chinese civilization has descended from our forefathers generation after generation，it will be carried forward by our people.
我们中国文明从我们的祖先世世代代传下来，我国人民要把它发扬光大。
go after 追求：
What they went after was neither fame nor gain，they only wanted to serve the public.
他们既不求名也不求利，他们只想为公众服务。
have aspiration after 立志追求(指对知识、荣誉、品德等)：
I have no aspiration after fame，I am satisfied to be a common man.
我没有好名之心，当一个普通老百姓我就知足了。
hour after hour 一小时又一小时地;连续地：
Time passed hour after hour，but the man we were waiting for still did not come.
时间一小时又一小时地过去了，但我们等候的那个人仍然没有来。
hunt after 追猎;搜寻：
As the hunter could not find out where the wolf hid，he let out his hound to hunt after it.
由于猎人找不到狼在哪里藏着，他放出他的猎犬去搜寻它。
inquire after 问候(健康、起居情况)：
Each time I meet with her，she always inquires after my mother.
每一次我遇到她时，她总是问候我母亲健康和起居。
learn after 学习……的榜样：
Although mother has left us，she has set a good example for us to learn after.
虽然母亲已经离开我们了，但她已经给我们树立了学习的榜样。
long after 1
渴望;极想：
Even in his childhood Columbus did not want to stay at home，he longed after the life of a sailor.
即使在幼年时，哥伦布也不想在家中停留，他渴望过海员的生活。
2
在……以后很久：
Long after their departure，he still often went to the place where he and his friend said good-bye to each other.
在他们离别以后很久，他仍然常常到那个和朋友彼此说再见的地方。
look after 1
眼睛盯着;目送：
Mother looked after her son until he went out of her sight.
妈妈目送她的儿子一直到她的儿子走远，看不见了。
2
照顾：
Mary is a kind girl，she often looks after her neighbours’ children when their mothers are busy.
玛丽是个和善的姑娘，当邻居孩子们的妈妈忙着的时候，她时常给她们照顾孩子。
look after number one 照顾自己;为自己打算：
He is a selfish fellow，he always looks after number one no matter when and where.
他是个自私自利的人，因为无论何时何地他总是为自己打算。
look after one’s fences 修篱笆;调整关系以争取支持：
It is time for these farmers to look after their fences because wild beasts often get in and eat their fowls.
这些农民该修整他们的篱笆了，因为野兽们经常闯进来吃他们的家禽。
lust after 渴求：
He cannot be said to be a wise man，for he lusts after wealth at the cost of his health.
他不能说是一个聪明人，因为他以他的健康为代价去贪求财富。
make after 追逐;跟随：
A handsome young man makes after a virtuous and beautiful girl and wants to marry her.
一位英俊的青年追求一位贤惠美丽的姑娘，想跟她结婚。
month after month 一月又一月;月复一月：
Month after month，diligent peasants labour in their fields so that they can get a bumper harvest in autumn.
勤劳的农民们月复一月地在他们的田地里劳动，以便秋季获得好收成。
name after 用……命名：
When the lovely baby was born，its parents named it John after its uncle.
当可爱的婴儿降生以后，它的父母用它叔父的名子给它起名叫约翰。
night after/by night 一夜又一夜地：
Night after night mother attended on her ill child until he restored his health.
母亲夜复一夜地看护她生病的孩子，一直到孩子恢复健康。
one after another 一个接一个地;接连地：
Good luck came to him one after another，but he was still as humble and prudent as ever.
好运一个接一个地降临到他的头上，但他仍然像以往那样的谦虚谨慎。
one after the other 一个接一个地;接连地：
Good news came one after the other to the family，grand-father forgot his own name owing to overjoying.
好消息一个接一个地来到这个家庭，爷爷由于过分高兴，连自己的名字都忘记了。
one day after the fair 太晚;过晚：
It is one day after the fair to sow one’s field in summer.
夏天才在地里播种是太晚了。
run after 1
追捕;追逐：
A large mouse suddenly appeared and snatched food from a dog’s mouth，the dog got angry and ran after it but it entered a hole quickly.
一只大老鼠忽然出现，从狗嘴中夺抢食物，那狗发怒了，就追逐它，但它很快钻入一个洞中。
2
追求：
Some are running after fame，and some others wealth.
一些人求名;另一些人求利。
run after a shadow 追求虚无缥缈之物;捕风捉影;徒劳：
We should be earnest and down-to-earth and never run after a shadow.
我们应当脚踏实地，不应追求虚无。
search after 探索;搜寻：
Science consists of two branches，physical science and social science，their common point is to search after truth.
科学包括两个分支，自然科学和社会科学，它们的共同之点是探索真理。
see after 照应;照料：
There is no one left at home，mother has to ask the neighbours to see after her house when she goes out shopping.
家中没有人，妈妈出去购物时，必须请邻居们照料他的家。
seek after 寻找;探索;追求：
A scientist made experiments to seek after the reason why these acids and alkalis do not neutralize each other while put together.
一位科学家作实验以便寻找这些酸碱放在一起时不互相中和的原因。
shot after shot 一枪接一枪地：
Shot after shot the hunter shoots at a wild beast but he cannot hit it.
那猎人一枪接一枪地射击一只野兽，但都没能射中。
sought after 广受欢迎的;竞相罗致的：
As these household electrical appliances are new in designing and reasonable in price，they are much sought after in the markets.
由于这些家用电器设计新颖，价格合理，它们在市场上广受欢迎。
tail after 紧跟在后面;尾随：
Wherever Tom goes，his pet dog would tail after him，and wherever the pet dog goes，its puppies would tail after it，these seem very amusing.
无论汤姆走到哪里，他的爱犬都在后尾随;无论那爱犬走到哪里，它的幼犬都在后尾随，这看起来非常可笑。
take after (在面貌等上)像;仿效：
It is interesting to see that the child takes after both his father and his mother.
那个小孩既随他的父亲，又随他的母亲，这看起来非常有趣。
take one consideration after another对各方面加以考虑;反复考虑：
As this problem is very complex，we have to take one consideration after another before solving it.
由于这个问题错综复杂，在着手解决它以前我们必须对各方面加以考虑。
throw good money after bad 想补偿损失反而损失更大：
A banker invested a lot of money to save a bank from bankruptcy，but he threw good money after bad.
一个银行家投入许多钱以拯救一个银行免于破产，但是，他想改善那家银行情况，情况反而更坏。
throw the handle after the blade吃了亏又吃亏;坚持做没有希望的事：
His TV set fell to the ground and was completely ruined，he spent much money to repair it but in vain，people said that he threw the handle after the blade.
他的电视机掉在地上完全摔坏了，他花费许多钱想修好它，但也没有修好，人们说他是吃了亏又吃亏。
time after time 一次又一次地;反复地：
Staff members succeeded in improving their equipment and increasing the productivity after they tried time after time.
职工们在一次又一次地努力以后，成功地改进了设备并提高了产量。
week after week 一个星期又一个星期地：
Week after week the students insist on practising their spoken English，although they have made only little progress，none of them give up.
学生们一个星期又一个星期地坚持练习口语，虽然他们的进步很小，但没有一个人放弃不练。
year after year 年复一年地：
Swallows come back in spring and go away in autumn，they fly back and away year after year.
燕子春天归来秋天离去，它们年复一年飞来又飞去。


李士钧 编著.
英语介词用法词典.
天津：
天津科学技术出版社.
2003
第21-30页.
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