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单词 afterward
释义
afterward
adverb
US
us
/ˈæf.tɚ.wɚd/uk
/ˈɑːf.tə.wəd/
(also mainlyUKafterwards)
A2
after thetimementioned:
We hadtea, and afterward wesatin thegardenfor a while.
Theyseparated, andsoon/shortlyafterwardJaneleftthecountry.
Synonyms
after
later
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
afterward
  • afterwardUSAfterward I was sorry I'd been so hasty.
  • afterThey met in 1962 and got married not long after.
  • laterWhat are you doing later?
  • later onI'll call you later on.
  • at a later dateWe can add these details at a later date.
  • nextNext, a balloon and stent are used to open the blocked artery.
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More examples
  • Weagreedon apricebut afterwards theywanted$10extra.
  • If you're a goodboyat the doctor's I'll take youswimmingafterwards.
  • Everyone would go into thehallforassemblyand then afterwards we'd go toourrespectiveclasses.
  • Ivote(that) we go to themoviesfirst andeatafterwards.
  • He said he had to go to ameetingnow, but that afterwards he'd come anddiscusstheproblem.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Before, after and already
  • advance
  • afore
  • afterwards
  • already
  • ante
  • as it isidiom
  • before
  • heel
  • immediate
  • in advanceidiom
  • in advance ofsomething/someoneidiom
  • in the wake ofsomethingidiom
  • next
  • prior
  • prologue
  • quondam
  • second-wave
  • secondarily
  • secondary
  • wake
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Grammar

After,afterwards
After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’.…
Afteras a preposition and conjunction
After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’.…
Afterorafterwardsas an adverb
We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common. When after is used, it is usually as part of an adverb phrase:…
After: typical error
When after refers to future time, we use the present simple, not the future with shall or will:…
(Definition ofafterwardfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

afterward| American Dictionary

afterward
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈæf·tər·wərd/
(alsoafterwards,us/ˈæf·tər·wərdz/)
after thetimementioned;later:
We had aswimand afterward welayon thebeachfor a while.
(Definition ofafterwardfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofafterward

afterward
Consumption increases slightly at the moment of the shock because of the transfer of resources from investment, decreasingafterwardbecause of the negative wealth effect.
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During the performance, he recovers and begins to enjoy himself, though he collapses again directlyafterward.
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After these immediate measurements, samples were then placed on ice and tested for active photosynthesis at various time intervalsafterward.
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He further said that he had received three spoons at that time, one of which mysteriously disappeared shortlyafterward.
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Overall precision was 73% before disconnected chain removal and 100%afterward, whereas recall was 85% across both domains.
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Afterwardhe sees his favorite dancer wiping sweat from her face as she receives his complements with cool bows.
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Also, patients appreciated the unusual event that the hospital was interested in their well-beingafterward.
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She expressed no remorseafterward, nor any real understanding of the fact that this behavior was interfering with her functioning.
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Crucially, bare ungrammatical forms are as likely to appear during the first 17 weeks as they areafterward.
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Afterward, the drawings and notes were collected and numbered chronologically, and the tapes were transcribed.
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Afterward, the assumption of full constrained persistence is relaxed, and the model is solved with different initial shock values for the two agents.
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Some women lived together with their child's father at the child's birth and married shortlyafterward.
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In both cases, what is going onafterward?
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Coincidentally, a bridge crosses the creek near its mouth: as becomes clearafterward, the speaker traces the creek from the mouth to its headwaters.
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What role, if any, did viruses have in the period when life began and shortlyafterward.
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