词汇精选:after的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
后来的,以后的
例句:
He grew weak in after years.
在以后的几年里,他变得衰弱了。
例句:
His health was declining in after years.
在以后的岁月,他的健康不断衰退。
adv.
后来,继后,以后
例句:
The day after, she agreed.
一天之后,她同意了。
例句:
They became good friends ever after.
从那以后,他们变成了很好的朋友。
在后面
例句:
You walk before and I will follow after.
你在前面走,我将在后面跟着.
例句:
We arrived soon after.
我们随后就到。
conj.
在...之后
例句:
Nobody is ever humble enough to learn after he's grown up.
任何人在成年以后,都不会那么虚心学习了。
例句:
After they had parted in discord, he stood alone outside his gate.
大伙不欢而散以后,他一个人孤零零地站在门外。
prep.
在...之后
例句:
Stacks of hay were in the field after the harvest.
收获以后,一堆堆干草堆在田里。
例句:
After many months at sea, Columbus sighted land.
在海上许多月以后,哥伦布发现了陆地。
朝着
例句:
'Come back!' he called after me.
”回来!”他朝我喊道。
例句:
Claire stared after him until he disappeared around a corner.
克莱尔一直注视着他,直到他消失在拐角。
仅次于,低于
例句:
A colonel comes after a general.
上校的地位低于将军的地位。
例句:
After the floods the harvests were subnormal.
洪水发生后庄稼收成低于正常水平。
因为,由于,鉴于,考虑到
例句:
She succeeded in solving the problem after hard work.
由于努力干,她终于解决了那个问题。
例句:
She got up, suddenly chilled after sitting so long.
她站了起来,由于坐的时间太长,她突然感到一阵寒意。
为,替
例句:
She used to mess up the floor and I had to clean up after her.
她过去常常把地板弄得很脏乱,而我不得不为她清理干净。
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.
仿照例子重写句子。
依照,按照
例句:
He was named after his uncle.
他是依照叔父的名来命名的。
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”的形式设计建造的。
尽管,不管,不顾
例句:
After all warnings, he persisted.
尽管有各方警告,他仍坚持到底。
例句:
The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it.
尽管计划度假时兴致勃勃,而到头来假日本身却颇为扫。
追求;搜寻
例句:
The police ran after the thief.
警察正在追赶小偷。
例句:
Mary is after a better job.
玛丽在寻找一个更好的工作。
二、词义辨析:
after,behind,at the back of
这些词均有“在……后面”之意。after和behind用来表地点时,前者强调的是顺序的先后,而后者侧重方向和位置的前后关系。请比较:The student sat after me.那个学生坐在我后面。(我坐在他前面)。The student sat behind me.那学生坐在我背后。after与behind用于指时间时,前者强调时间的先后顺序,而后者则着重于表示“落后……”或“迟于……”的概念。试比较:Who ruled after James I?詹姆斯一世之后是谁统治的?You are forty minutes behind schedule.你比规定的时间迟了40分钟。after多用于表示因时间上的先后而造成顺序的前后场合,behind则常用于仅指位置上的前后关系。请比较:Please shut the door after you.请随手关门。Please shut the door behind you.请关上你身后的门。at the back of这个前置词短语既可指具体的位置的先后,又可用于指抽象的概念。
三、相关短语:
after a fashion
勉强,马虎;拙劣地,差劲地,不高明地
after all
毕竟,终究,到底;要知道!
after hours
下班后,在规定时间后,在业余时间
chase after
v.1.追赶,追逐
day after day
adv.日复一日(=day by day)
go after
v.追逐,追求
look after
v.1.注视 2.照顾, 照看(人或某物)
lust after
v. 渴望,贪求
take after
像…;学习;仿效;追赶;(在外貌,性格等方面)与(父母等)相像
be after
追赶,寻找
come after
v.1.跟着…来,跟在…后面
morning-after pill
翌晨避孕丸
四、参考例句:
After you.
您先请。
After you, sir.
先生,您先。
Look after yourself, bye!
自己当心点。再见!
Fasting comes after feasting.
今日有酒今日醉,明日无钱不揭锅。
Look after yourself, bye!
自己当心点。 再见!
He arrived after dark.
他是天黑以后到达的。
After a vacation.
假期之后。
He came after lunch.
午饭之后,他来了。
Fail again after that.
然后再失败。
Go after them today!
从今天开始,就朝着梦想进发吧!