1 later than sth; at a later time （时间上）之后，后来: Ian phoned just after six o'clock. 伊恩刚过六点来过电话。the week after next 下下星期I hope to arrive some time after lunch. 我希望午餐后可以到达。They arrived at the station after the train had left. 他们到达车站时火车已经开走了。After we had finished our dinner, we went into the garden. 我们吃完晚餐，来到花园里。I went out yesterday morning, and after that I was at home all day. 我昨天早上出过门，之后就整天呆在家里。That was in April. Soon after, I heard that he was ill. 那是四月的事。过不多久，我听说他病了。 ☞It is more common to use afterwards at the end of a sentence We played tennis and went to Angela's house afterwards. 句末较常用 afterwards：We played tennis and went to Angela's house afterwards. 我们打了网球，然后去了安杰拉家。

2 ...after... repeated many times or continuing for a long time 重复多次；持续一段长时间: day after day of hot weather 酷热的天气持续多天I've told the children time after time not to do that. 我屡次劝告孩子们别干那种事。

3 following or behind sb/sth （位置上）在…后面: Shut the door after you. 随手关门。C comes after B in the alphabet. 在字母表中，C接在B后面。

4 looking for or trying to catch or get sb/sth 寻找；追赶: The police were after him. 警方正缉捕他。Nicky is after a job in advertising. 尼基正在找一份广告业的工作。

5 because of sth 因为: After the way he behaved I won't invite him here again. 鉴于他那次的行为，我今后不会再邀请他来了。

6 used when sb/sth is given the name of another person or thing 以（某人或某物）命名: We called our son William after his grandfather. 我们把儿子叫做威廉，是以他祖父的名字命名的。

1 used when sth is different in reality to what sb expected or thought （用于出乎意料的情况）到底，毕竟: So you decided to come after all! (= I thought you weren't going to come) 你到底还是决定来了！

2 used for reminding sb of a certain fact （用于提醒某人某事实）: She can't understand. After all, she's only two. 她是不会明白的。别忘了，她只有两岁。