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PREP
在（時(shí)間、事件）以后
If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
例句
After 19 May, strikes were occurring on a daily basis...
5月19日之后，每天都會(huì)發(fā)生罷工。
After breakfast Amy ordered a taxi...
早飯后，埃米預(yù)訂了一輛出租車。
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PREP
…之后（指做事的先后順序）
If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing.
例句
After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided.
填完表格并簽名后，請(qǐng)裝進(jìn)所提供的信封里寄還給我們。
...women who have changed their mind after deciding not to have children...
決定不生孩子后又改變主意的女性
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PREP
（時(shí)間）在…后
You use after when you are talking about time. For example, if something is going to happen during the day after or the weekend after a particular time, it is going to happen during the following day or during the following weekend.
例句
She's leaving the day after tomorrow.
她打算后天離開。
...the party's annual conference, to be held the week after next.
將在下下周舉行的該黨的年會(huì)
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PREP
隨…之后；跟在…之后
If you go after someone, you follow or chase them.
例句
He walked out, and Louise went after him.
他走了出去，路易絲也跟著出去了。
...people who were after him for large amounts of money.
為了大筆錢而追隨他的人們
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PREP
追求；搜尋
If you are after something, you are trying to get it.
例句
They were after the money...
他們想得到這筆錢。
I did eventually find what I was after.
我最終找到了我想要的東西。
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PREP
朝著（正離去之人喊叫或注視）
If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you.
例句
'Come back!' he called after me...
“回來！”他朝我喊道。
Claire stared after him until he disappeared around a corner.
克萊爾一直注視著他，直到他消失在拐角。
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PREP
為，替（某人做某事）
If you do something after someone, you do it for them, because they cannot or will not do it for themselves.
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臟亂，而我不得不為她清理干凈。
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PREP
過了（某地）以后
If you tell someone that one place is a particular distance after another, you mean that it is situated beyond the other place and further away from you.
例句
A few kilometres after the village, turn right to Montelabate.
過了村莊之后再前行幾公里，向右轉(zhuǎn)前往蒙特拉貝特。
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PREP
（寫）在…后面（或下面）
If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it.
例句
I wrote my name after Penny's.
我把自己的名字寫在彭尼的下面。
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PREP
（重要性）僅次于，低于
You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect.
例句
After Germany, America is Britain's second-biggest customer...
對(duì)于英國(guó)來說，美國(guó)是僅次于德國(guó)的第二大客戶。
Methane is often regarded as the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide.
甲烷常被認(rèn)為是僅次于二氧化碳的重要溫室氣體。
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PREP
依照，按照（某人的名字命名）
To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them.
例句
Phillimore Island is named after Sir Robert Phillimore...
菲利莫爾島以羅伯特·菲利莫爾爵士的名字命名。
He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him.
他說服弗吉尼婭以他的名字為嬰兒取名。
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CONVENTION
（走路或出入門口時(shí)的禮貌用語）您先請(qǐng)
If you say 'after you' to someone, you are being polite and allowing them to go in front of you or through a doorway before you do.
例句
'After you.' — 'Not at all, Mr Bird, after you.'
“您先請(qǐng)。”——“別客氣，伯德先生，您先請(qǐng)。”
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PREP
（…點(diǎn)）過（…分）
After is used when telling the time. If it is, for example, ten after six, the time is ten minutes past six.
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PHRASE
一個(gè)接一個(gè)地；接連地
If you do something to several things one after the other or one after another, you do it to one, then the next, and so on, with no break between your actions.
例句
Sybil ate three biscuits, one after the other...
西比爾接連吃了3塊餅干。
Caroline was trying on one outfit after another.
卡羅琳一套接一套地試穿衣服。
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PHRASE
日復(fù)一日/年復(fù)一年
If something happens day after day or year after year, it happens every day or every year, for a long time.
例句
I waited for news, day after day, expecting to hear.
我日復(fù)一日地等著，期待能聽到消息。
...people who'd been coming here year after year.
年復(fù)一年到這里來的人們