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prep.(介词)
1.Behind in place or order:
    在之后:在地方或顺序之后:
    Z comes after Y.
   Z在Y之后
2.Next to or lower than in order or importance.
    次于:在顺序或重要性上次于或低于
3.In quest or pursuit of:
    探求,追求:
    seek after fame; go after big money.
   追逐名誉;追求钱财
4.Concerning:
    有关,关于:
    asked after you.
   询问关于你的情况
5.Subsequent in time to; at a later time than:
    在…以后:时间上在…之后;比…晚一点:
    come after dinner.
   晚饭之后来
6.Subsequent to and because of or regardless of:
    随后因为,随后不管:
    They are still friends after all their differences.
   尽管有许多相异,他们依旧是朋友
7.Following continually:
    一个接一个:持续不断地紧接着:
    year after year.
   年复一年
8.In the style of or in imitation of:
    依照,仿照:以…的风格或模仿…:
    satires after Horace.
   模仿贺拉斯的讽刺作品
9.With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of:
    纪念,以…命名:与…名字有相同或相近的名字;为纪念…:
    named after her mother.
   以他母亲的名字命名
10.According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to:
    与…一致:根据…的本质或愿望;与…一致:
    a tenor after my own heart.
   深得我心的内容
11.Past the hour of:
    …点以后:
    five minutes after three.
   三点过五分
adv.(副词)
1.Behind; in the rear.
    在后;在后面
2.At a later or subsequent time; afterward:
    接着,以后:在后来或接下来的时间;以后:
    three hours after; departed shortly after.
   三小时以后;不久就离开了
adj.(形容词)
1.Subsequent in time or place; later; following:
    以后的,接着的:在时间和地点上继后的;以后的;接下来的:
    in after years.
   在以后的岁月里
2.Nautical Nearer the stern of a vessel.
  【航海】 靠近船后部的
conj.(连接词)
    Following or subsequent to the time that:
    在…之后:紧接或继…之后:
    I saw them after I arrived.
   在我抵达之后,我见到了他们
n.(名词)
    Afternoon.
    下午,午后
ORIGIN
1.Middle English
    中古英语
2.from Old Englishæfter * see apo-
    源自 古英语æfter *参见 apo-