记忆方法
记忆“after”可以使用关联记忆法，将其与“aftermath”结合起来记忆。想象“after”为一场事件的“aftermath”（后果或结果），即该事件发生之后的情况，这样就可以通过“aftermath”这个熟悉的词来记住“after”的含义。
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词族 · after
词形变化
中文词源
after 在后
来自PIE *apo, 从，后面，词源同前缀ab-, 单词of。-ter比较级后缀。
英语词源
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after: [OE] In the first millennium AD many Germanic languages had forms cognate with Old English æfter (Gothic aftra, for example, and Old Norse aptr), but, with the exception of Dutch achter, none survive. It is not clear what their ultimate origin is, but the suffix they share may well be a comparative one, and it is possible that they derive from a Germanic base *af- (represented in Old English æftan ‘from behind’).
It has been suggested that this goes back to Indo-European *ap- (source of Latin ab ‘away, from’ and English of(f)), in which case after would mean literally ‘more off’ – that is, ‘further away’. Nautical aft is probably a shortening of abaft, formed, with the prefixes a- ‘on’ and be- ‘by’, from Old English æftan.
=> of, off - after (prep.)
- Old English æfter "after, next, throughout, following in time, later," from Old English of "off" (see of) + -ter, a comparative suffix; thus the original meaning was "more away, farther off." Compare Old Norse eptir "after," Old High German aftar, Gothic aftra "behind." Cognate with Greek apotero "farther off."
After hours "after regular working hours" is from 1861. Afterwit "wisdom that comes too late" is attested from c. 1500 but seems to have fallen from use, despite being more needed now than ever. After you as an expression in yielding precedence is recorded by 1650.
权威例句
- 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。
词语辨析
【after, in】
after: 接时间点， after 7:00,
in: 接时间段 in five minutes
【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。
after: 接时间点， after 7:00,
in: 接时间段 in five minutes
【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。