If you do something or if something happens afterward, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. (某事件、某时间) 之后
adverb [时间副词] 以后，后来
Shortly afterward, police arrested four suspects. 之后不久，警方逮捕了４名嫌疑犯。
after(后面的) ＋ ward(方向) → 后来， 以后
- 网友用 “Afterward” 造句精选
- "But," she said afterward to Colin, "I couldn't stop myself." “其实，”后来她对科林说，“我控制不住自己。”
- "She is such a plain child," Mrs. Crawford said pityingly, afterward. 后来，克劳福德太太同情地说：“她长得太一般了。”
- I'll tell you what happened afterward. 我告诉你后来发生了什么事。