英语单词词义辨析 词汇精选：after的用法和辨析

词汇精选：after的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,adj.,后来的，以后的,例句：,He grew weak in after years.,在以后的几年里，他变得衰弱了。,例句：,His health was declining in after years.,在以后的岁月，他的健康不断衰退。,adv.,后来，继后，以后,例句：,The day after, she agreed.,一天之后，她同意了。,例句：,They became good friends ever after.,从那以后，他们变成了很好的朋友。,在后面,例句：,You walk before and I will follow after.,你在前面走，我将在后面跟着.,例句：,We arrived soon after.,我们随后就到。,conj.,在...之后,例句：,Nobody is ever humble enough to learn after he's grown up.,任何人在成年以后，都不会那么虚心学习了。,例句：,After they had parted in discord, he stood alone outside his gate.,大伙不欢而散以后，他一个人孤零零地站在门外。,prep.,在...之后,例句：,Stacks of hay were in the field after the harvest.,收获以后，一堆堆干草堆在田里。,例句：,After many months at sea, Columbus sighted land.,在海上许多月以后，哥伦布发现了陆地。,朝着,例句：,'Come back!' he called after me.,”回来！”他朝我喊道。,例句：,Claire stared after him until he disappeared around a corner.,克莱尔一直注视着他，直到他消失在拐角。,仅次于，低于,例句：,A colonel es after a general.,上校的地位低于将军的地位。,例句：,After the floods the harvests were subnormal.,洪水发生后庄稼收成低于正常水平。,因为，由于，鉴于，考虑到,例句：,She succeeded in solving the problem after hard work.,由于努力干，她终于解决了那个问题。,例句：,She got up, suddenly chilled after sitting so long.,她站了起来，由于坐的时间太长，她突然感到一阵寒意。,为，替,例句：,She used to mess up the floor and I had to clean up after her.,她过去常常把地板弄得很脏乱，而我不得不为她清理干净。,仿照，仿效,例句：,Look at the pictures and make sentences after the model.,仿照例子造句。,例句：,Rewrite the following sentences after the model.,仿照例子重写句子。,依照，按照,例句：,He was named after his uncle.,他是依照叔父的名来命名的。,例句：,The Wild Goose Pagoda that greets us today was acturally modeled after its Indian prototype.,大雁塔就是玄奘依照印度那座“雁塔”的形式设计建造的。,尽管，不管，不顾,例句：,After all warnings, he persisted.,尽管有各方警告，他仍坚持到底。,例句：,The holiday itself was rather an anticlimax after all the excitement of planning it.,尽管计划度假时兴致勃勃，而到头来假日本身却颇为扫。,追求；搜寻,例句：,The police ran after the thief.,警察正在追赶小偷。,例句：,Mary is after a better job.,玛丽在寻找一个更好的工作。,二、词义辨析：,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。,三、相关短语：,after a fashion,勉强,马虎;拙劣地,差劲地,不高明地,after all,毕竟,终究,到底;要知道!,after hours,下班后,在规定时间后,在业余时间,chase after,v.1.追赶，追逐,day after day,adv.日复一日(=day by day),go after,v.追逐，追求,look after,v.1.注视 2.照顾， 照看（人或某物）,lust after,v. 渴望,贪求,take after,像…；学习；仿效；追赶；（在外貌，性格等方面）与（父母等）相像,be after,追赶,寻找,e after,v.1.跟着…来，跟在…后面,morning-after pill,翌晨避孕丸,四、参考例句：,After you.,您先请。,After you, sir.,先生，您先。,Look after yourself, bye!,自己当心点。再见！,Fasting es after feasting.,今日有酒今日醉，明日无钱不揭锅。,Look after yourself, bye!,自己当心点。 再见！,He arrived after dark.,他是天黑以后到达的。,After a vacation.,假期之后。,He came after lunch.,午饭之后，他来了。,Fail again after that.,然后再失败。,Go after them today!,从今天开始，就朝着梦想进发吧！