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afterthought n.事后的想法；后来添加的东西 (1) 事后回想有益，事前考虑更佳。(2) 在许多项目中,如果有正式的需求的话,那也是事后产生的想法。(3) 这部电影是先拍摄画面的,音乐是后来添加上的。 Sometimes calling something an afterthought is a bit of an insult — a movie reviewer might complain that female characters seem added on as afterthoughts, or a diner at a fancy restaurant could note that while the meat is well-cooked, the vegetables are nothing but an afterthought. This word has been used since the 1600s, a compound of after and thought.

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英 ['ɑːftəθɔːt] 美 ['æftərθɔːt] (1) The afterthought is good, but forethought is better.(2) In many projects, formal requirements are done as an afterthought, if at all.(3) The film was made first and the music was added as an afterthought. An afterthought is something you think of or add later. You might quickly wrap a gift and then stick a bow on it as an afterthought just before you hand it to the birthday boy. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]事后的想法；追加的事物 If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.   [usu sing]Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。

英语单词	afterthought
英美音标	英 ['ɑːftəθɔːt] 美 ['æftərθɔːt]
中文释义	n.事后的想法；后来添加的东西
英语例句	(1) The afterthought is good, but forethought is better. (2) In many projects, formal requirements are done as an afterthought, if at all. (3) The film was made first and the music was added as an afterthought.
中文例句	(1) 事后回想有益，事前考虑更佳。 (2) 在许多项目中,如果有正式的需求的话,那也是事后产生的想法。 (3) 这部电影是先拍摄画面的,音乐是后来添加上的。
vocabulary简明	An afterthought is something you think of or add later. You might quickly wrap a gift and then stick a bow on it as an afterthought just before you hand it to the birthday boy.
vocabulary扩展	Sometimes calling something an afterthought is a bit of an insult — a movie reviewer might complain that female characters seem added on as afterthoughts, or a diner at a fancy restaurant could note that while the meat is well-cooked, the vegetables are nothing but an afterthought. This word has been used since the 1600s, a compound of after and thought.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]事后的想法；追加的事物 If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought. [usu sing] Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her. 他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。

Afterthought Added 英 ɑːftəθɔːt] 美 æftərθɔːt N.事后的想法；后来添加的东西 Good Forethought