after-dinner

记忆“after-dinner”这个短语，可以将它分解为“after”和“dinner”。记忆方法可以是：想象一顿丰盛的晚餐（dinner）结束后（after），人们通常会感到放松和满足。这样的情境可以帮助你记住“after-dinner”指的是饭后或晚宴后的意思。

after-dinner (adj.)

1730, from after + dinner.

1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.

不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。

2. He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague.

他因为对一位同事动粗而被开除了。

3. The mystery hero imme-diately alerted police after spotting a bomb.

那个无名英雄发现炸弹后马上报了警。

4. After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.

经过3个周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。

5. The ballot was re-run on Mr Todd's insistence after accusations of malpractice.

因被控舞弊，在托德先生的坚持下重新进行了投票。