高中英语after用法小结

高中英语after用法小结

after用法小结

after一词在句中除了可以作介词外,还可以作连词和副词。下面将after的用法简单作一总结，供同学们学习时参考。

一、介词：

1、（时间）在……之后；（位置）在……后面：

He went to a closet and after a moment brought out a package，marked

with name and date. 他朝柜厨走去，停了一会儿就拿出一个包裹，上面标有姓名和日期。

Some bloom only once, after living about 40 years, and then die. 一些只开一次花，活了大约四十年，然后就死了。

Come straight home after school. 放学后直接回家。

We shall leave after breakfast. 我们早饭后就走。

They will be ready the day after tomorrow. （衣服）后天就好了。

Shut the door after you.(behind更普通) 随手关门。

He entered the room after his father. 他跟着父亲进了房间。

After you! 您先请！

2、由于、因为；尽管：

After the way he treated me, I shall never want to see him again. 由于他那样对待我，我永远也不想再见到他。

After what has happened, he won’t go. 既然发生了这一切，他就不去了。

After all our advice, he insists on going. 尽管我们劝了他那么久，他还是坚持要去。

After all my explanations, that student did not appear to understand the

point. 虽然我解释了半天，那个学生对于这一点还是显得不懂。

After all my care in packing it the clock arrived broken. 尽管我包的时候小心又小心，可钟到的时候还是破了。

3、追；探求：

Ah, here’s the thing I’m after. 啊，这就是我要的东西。

The policeman was running after the thief. 那个警察在追小偷。

What are you after? 你追求什么？（或：你在什么？）

I don’t know what he is after. 我不知道他在什么。

4、仿照、依照：

This is a painting after Tang Behu. 这是一幅临摹唐伯虎的画。

This road is named after general Zhang Zizhong. 这条路以张自忠将军而命名。

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高中英语after用法小结

The boy was named after his uncle. 这个孩子和他叔叔叫同样的名字。

二、连词：……以后：

But the most interesting thing about this remarkable plant is what people

do with it after it is cut down. 关于这种植物最有趣的事情，是在它被伐倒之后人们对它的使用。

I found your coat after you had left the house. 你离开屋子后，我就到了你的上衣。

After I finished my homework, I went out for a walk.做完作业之后我出去散散步。

After the work was done, we sat down to sum up experience. 工作做完之后，我们就坐下来总结经验。

After the students were all in the chemistry lab, the teacher brought out

three bottles. 学生全部进入化学实验室后，老师取出三个瓶子。

三、副词：以后、后来（=later=afterwards）：

He left on Monday and returned two days after. 他星期一离开，两天后回来。

What comes after? (=What comes next?) 后来怎样？

We had dinner and went home after. 我们吃了饭之后就回家了。

四、含after的短语：

after all毕竟、终究

after another 此起彼伏 ; 此起彼落 ; 纷至沓来 ; 系列

after a time 一段时间以后

after a fashion勉强。

after a little过了一会儿。

after a manner马马虎虎地,不大令人满意地

after a sort稍微

after a while不久,过一会儿

after church做完礼拜之后

after cost后续成本

after dark黄昏以后

after hours 工作之余

after lunch 午饭后

after no good 不怀好意

after one's own heart完全符合自己的心意

after service 售后服务

after tests 事后测试 ; 考试过后 ; 过后测试 ; 过后实验

after the fashion(manner) of 照……的样子；模仿

after time 迟于规定时间

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高中英语after用法小结

after you 您先请

ask after问候

be after 追赶；寻

bus after bus公共汽车一辆接一辆

chase after 追赶；追逐

come after 跟着……来

cut after匆匆忙忙地跟随……

day after day一天又一天

follow after追求；力求达到

get after攻击；训练

go after 追逐；追求

inquire after问候

look after照料；目送；寻求

make after追逐；跟随

one after another一个接一个

run after追求；追逐

search after寻求；设法得到

see after照应；照顾

seek after寻；探索

start after开始追赶

tail after跟在……后面

take after 与……相像（直系亲属）

time after time多次、反复地

year after year一年又一年

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