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afterwards adv.以后；后来 (1) 不久以后，她就在一次事故中丧生。(2) 不久以后，他第一次就这一事件发表了公开声明。(3) 以后他们一直幸福地生活着。(4) 三天以后他们在机场碰头。(5) 后来轮到做卫生时,这些男孩却不在场,引起了大家的注意。(6) 他生病倒是因祸得福，因为后来他和他的护士结了婚。(7) 我们各自看了那出戏,后来交换了意见。

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英 ['ɑːftəwədz] 美 ['æftərwərdz] (1) She died in an accident shortly afterwards.(2) Soon afterwards he made his first public statement about the affair.(3) They lived happily ever afterwards.(4) Three days afterward they met at the airport.(5) When it came to cleaning up afterwards, the boys were conspicuous by their absence.(6) His illness was a blessing in disguise, because he afterwards married his nurse.(7) We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards. The form afterward is also used, mainly in American English. 亦使用afterward，主要见于美国英语。1[ADV 副词]（某个事件或已提及的时间）之后 If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. →see usage note at:after  [ADV with cl]Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects...之后不久，警方逮捕了4名嫌犯。James was taken to hospital but died soon afterwards...詹姆斯被送往医院，但随后不久就死了。Not long afterward she received five calls in one day.不久之后，她一天内就接到了5个电话。

英语单词	afterwards
英美音标	英 ['ɑːftəwədz] 美 ['æftərwərdz]
中文释义	adv.以后；后来
英语例句	(1) She died in an accident shortly afterwards. (2) Soon afterwards he made his first public statement about the affair. (3) They lived happily ever afterwards. (4) Three days afterward they met at the airport. (5) When it came to cleaning up afterwards, the boys were conspicuous by their absence. (6) His illness was a blessing in disguise, because he afterwards married his nurse. (7) We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards.
中文例句	(1) 不久以后，她就在一次事故中丧生。 (2) 不久以后，他第一次就这一事件发表了公开声明。 (3) 以后他们一直幸福地生活着。 (4) 三天以后他们在机场碰头。 (5) 后来轮到做卫生时,这些男孩却不在场,引起了大家的注意。 (6) 他生病倒是因祸得福，因为后来他和他的护士结了婚。 (7) 我们各自看了那出戏,后来交换了意见。
柯林斯解释	The form afterward is also used, mainly in American English. 亦使用afterward，主要见于美国英语。 1 [ADV 副词]（某个事件或已提及的时间）之后 If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. →see usage note at:after [ADV with cl] Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects... 之后不久，警方逮捕了4名嫌犯。 James was taken to hospital but died soon afterwards... 詹姆斯被送往医院，但随后不久就死了。 Not long afterward she received five calls in one day. 不久之后，她一天内就接到了5个电话。

Afterward Died Shortly 英 ɑːftəwədz] 美 æftərwərdz Adv.以后；后来 Accident