詞彙精選:after的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
後來的,以後的
例句:
He grew weak in after years.
在以後的幾年裏,他變得衰弱了。
例句:
His health was declining in after years.
在以後的歲月,他的健康不斷衰退。
adv.
後來,繼後,以後
例句:
The day after, she agreed.
一天之後,她同意了。
例句:
They became good friends ever after.
從那以後,他們變成了很好的朋友。
在後面
例句:
You walk before and I will follow after.
你在前面走,我將在後面跟着.
例句:
We arrived soon after.
我們隨後就到。
conj.
在...之後
例句:
Nobody is ever humble enough to learn after he's grown up.
任何人在成年以後,都不會那麼虛心學習了。
例句:
After they had parted in discord, he stood alone outside his gate.
大夥不歡而散以後,他一個人孤零零地站在門外。
prep.
在...之後
例句:
Stacks of hay were in the field after the harvest.
收穫以後,一堆堆乾草堆在田裏。
例句:
After many months at sea, Columbus sighted land.
在海上許多月以後,哥倫布發現了陸地。
朝着
例句:
'Come back!' he called after me.
”回來!”他朝我喊道。
例句:
Claire stared after him until he disappeared around a corner.
克萊爾一直注視着他,直到他消失在拐角。
僅次於,低於
例句:
A colonel comes after a general.
上校的地位低於將軍的地位。
例句:
After the floods the harvests were subnormal.
洪水發生後莊稼收成低於正常水平。
因爲,由於,鑑於,考慮到
例句:
She succeeded in solving the problem after hard work.
由於努力幹,她終於解決了那個問題。
例句:
She got up, suddenly chilled after sitting so long.
她站了起來,由於坐的時間太長,她突然感到一陣寒意。
爲,替
例句:
She used to mess up the floor and I had to clean up after her.
她過去常常把地板弄得很髒亂,而我不得不爲她清理乾淨。
仿照,仿效
例句:
Look at the pictures and make sentences after the model.
仿照例子造句。
例句:
Rewrite the following sentences after the model.
仿照例子重寫句子。
依照,按照
例句:
He was named after his uncle.
他是依照叔父的名來命名的。
例句:
The Wild Goose Pagoda that greets us today was acturally modeled after its Indian prototype.
大雁塔就是玄奘依照印度那座“雁塔”的形式設計建造的。
儘管,不管,不顧
例句:
After all warnings, he persisted.
儘管有各方警告,他仍堅持到底。
例句:
The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it.
儘管計劃度假時興致勃勃,而到頭來假日本身卻頗爲掃。
追求;搜尋
例句:
The police ran after the thief.
警察正在追趕小偷。
例句:
Mary is after a better job.
瑪麗在尋找一個更好的工作。
二、詞義辨析:
after,behind,at the back of
這些詞均有“在……後面”之意。after和behind用來表地點時,前者強調的是順序的先後,而後者側重方向和位置的前後關係。請比較:The student sat after me.那個學生坐在我後面。(我坐在他前面)。The student sat behind me.那學生坐在我背後。after與behind用於指時間時,前者強調時間的先後順序,而後者則着重於表示“落後……”或“遲於……”的概念。試比較:Who ruled after James I?詹姆斯一世之後是誰統治的?You are forty minutes behind schedule.你比規定的時間遲了40分鐘。after多用於表示因時間上的先後而造成順序的前後場合,behind則常用於僅指位置上的前後關係。請比較:Please shut the door after you.請隨手關門。Please shut the door behind you.請關上你身後的門。at the back of這個前置詞短語既可指具體的位置的先後,又可用於指抽象的概念。
三、相關短語:
after a fashion
勉強,馬虎;拙劣地,差勁地,不高明地
after all
畢竟,終究,到底;要知道!
after hours
下班後,在規定時間後,在業餘時間
chase after
v.1.追趕,追逐
day after day
adv.日復一日(=day by day)
go after
v.追逐,追求
look after
v.1.注視 2.照顧, 照看(人或某物)
lust after
v. 渴望,貪求
take after
像…;學習;仿效;追趕;(在外貌,性格等方面)與(父母等)相像
be after
追趕,尋找
come after
v.1.跟着…來,跟在…後面
morning-after pill
翌晨避孕丸
四、參考例句:
After you.
您先請。
After you, sir.
先生,您先。
Look after yourself, bye!
自己當心點。再見!
Fasting comes after feasting.
今日有酒今日醉,明日無錢不揭鍋。
Look after yourself, bye!
自己當心點。 再見!
He arrived after dark.
他是天黑以後到達的。
After a vacation.
假期之後。
He came after lunch.
午飯之後,他來了。
Fail again after that.
然後再失敗。
Go after them today!
從今天開始,就朝着夢想進發吧!