afterwards
adverb🔊/ˈɑːftəwədz/
🔊/ˈæftərwərdz/
(especially British English) (North American English usually afterward)
at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned 以后；后来 Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said. 后来她后悔说了那些话。 🔊🔊 Let's go out now and eat afterwards. 咱们现在出去，然后再吃饭。 🔊🔊 Shortly afterwards he met her again. 不久之后，他又遇到了她。 🔊🔊 He took his family to supper at a restaurant, and soon afterwards, he fell ill. 他带家人去一家餐馆吃晚饭，不久之后，他病了。
Extra ExamplesThey decided to have another child, and Jake was born not long afterwards. 他们决定再生一个孩子，杰克不久后就出生了。 Steve and I remained friends for years afterwards. 史蒂夫（Steve）和我多年以来一直是朋友。 Only afterwards did we realise how lucky we were to get away. 直到后来，我们才意识到我们多么幸运地脱身。
Word OriginOld English æftewearde, from æftan ‘aft’ + -wards (see -ward), influenced by after.