1.動詞 after
介詞after有“追趕,問候,效仿”之意：ask after問候,be after尋求,do(sth.)after學(xué)著做,go after設(shè)法得到,inquire after問候,look after尋找,run after追求,seek after追逐,take after長得像.例如：
Every afternoon he called to ask after his girl friend.他每天下午都打電話問候他的女朋友.
The boy takes after his father.這男孩長得像他父親.
The dogs went after the wounded deer.一群狗在追趕那只受傷的鹿.
2.after構(gòu)成的其它短語
after在不同的短語中意思各異：
after a little/moment/while過了一會,after all畢竟,
after dark天黑以后,
after one’s heart合…的心,
after school放學(xué)后,
after service售后服務(wù),
after the fashion勉強(qiáng),
day after day日復(fù)一日,
one after another一個接一個,
year after year年復(fù)一年.例如：
Don’t be too strict with him.After all he is still a child.不要太苛刻了,畢竟他還是個孩子.
He can speak and write English after a fashion.他多少會說和寫一點(diǎn)英語,但不太好.