•Shall we go for a walk after breakfast?我们吃过早餐去散步好吗？

•Some people believe in life after death.一些人相信死后灵魂依然存在。

•Her name came after mine on the list.名单上她的名字排在我后面。

•There's a good film on the day after tomorrow.后天有一部不错的电影。

•She waited until well after midnight.她一直等到深夜很晚的时候。

•US It's a quarter after four.四点十五分了。

•She just keeps on working, day after day , week after week (= continuously).她日复一日地工作下去。

•We've had meeting after meeting (= many meetings) to discuss this point.我们一次又一次地开会讨论这个问题。

•Jessie seemed very small after (= in comparison with) Michael's children.与麦克的孩子比起来，杰西显得很矮小。

•After (= Despite) everything I've done for you, is this the way you treat me?我甚么都为你做了，你就这样对待我吗？

•After (= Because of) what she did to me, I'll never trust her again.她对我做出这种事情，我再也不会信任她了。

•The children have to learn to tidy up after themselves (= after they have made things untidy).孩子必须意识到，自己弄乱了东西，就得自己收拾整齐。

•She slammed the door after (= behind) her.她随手砰地关上了门。

•We ran after (= followed) him, but he escaped.我们去追他，但是他逃脱了。

•Could you lock up after you (= when you leave) , please?请你离开时锁好门好吗？

•The police are after him.警方正在追捕他。

•I'm after a tie to go with this shirt.我要找一条和这件衬衫相配的领带。

•I'm sure she's after my husband.我敢肯定她在打我丈夫的主意。

•He's after (= wants for himself) Jane's job.他要抢简的饭碗。

•"Can I pour you some coffee?" "Oh no, after you."“我给你倒点咖啡吧？”“噢，不用，你先来吧。”

•After you with the newspaper, Jack.杰克，你看完报纸给我看看。

•a painting after Titian一幅模仿提香的画作

•a concerto after Mozart模仿莫劄特风格的协奏曲

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•The rain has stopped, so the game will go ahead after all.雨已经停了，所以比赛还会继续下去。

•I do like her - after all, she is my sister.我当然喜欢她，毕竟她是我姐姐呀。

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•Hilary got here at midday and Nicholas arrived soon after.希拉蕊中午到了这里，随后不久尼古拉斯也到了。

•I can't go next week - how about the week after (= the following week) ?下星期我去不了，下下星期怎么样？

•Three months after they moved out, the house was still empty.他们搬出去三个月了，这座房子仍然空着。

•I went to the post office straight/immediately after I left you.离开你以后我马上／立刻就去了邮局。