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  4. afterward

afterward

/ˈæftərwɜːrd/
之后

She called me afterward to apologize.

她事后打电话向我道歉。


正式

在某事之后;后来

Afterward, we went to a restaurant for dinner.

后来,我们去了一家餐厅吃晚餐。

通常用于叙述事件的时间顺序,表示在某个动作或事件之后发生的事情。

搭配

afterward之后afterward, it turned out后来,原来

同义词

latersubsequentlyafterwards

反义词

beforeprior

相关短语

afterward短语
之后

专业提示

用法提示

'afterward' 通常用于正式写作,而 'later' 更口语化。

黄金法则

时间顺序

用于描述事件的时间顺序,表示在某个动作或事件之后发生的事情。

词源

源自古英语 'æfterweard',由 'æfter'(之后)和 'weard'(方向)组成,表示在某个时间之后。

用法说明

在美式英语中,'afterward' 和 'afterwards' 可以互换使用,但 'afterward' 更常见于正式写作。

单词拆解

after
之后
prefix
+
ward
方向
suffix
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