afterward

afterward — adverb

1. following the event or moment that has just been mentioned, often with no specif

1.副詞B1
釋義

following the event or moment that has just been mentioned, often with no specific gap stated.

例句

Ramón watched the basketball game and went straight to bed afterward.

clause + afterward (final position)

The wedding ended at six, and afterward the guests danced under string lights.

afterward + clause linking sequential events

同義詞
  • later

    more general; can refer to any future point, not necessarily tied to a previous event

  • subsequently

    more formal; common in writing and formal speech

  • thereafter

    very formal, mostly written; often used in legal or academic prose

  • then

    shorter and more casual; tightly chains the next event

反義詞
  • beforehand

    describes time prior to the mentioned event

  • previously

    more formal opposite, refers to an earlier point

文法句型

clause + afterward

afterward + clause

用法筆記

Most common at the end of a clause. When placed at the start ("Afterward, …"), it usually links the new clause back to a sequence already described in the previous sentence. The form ending in -s ("afterwards") is more frequent in British English; "afterward" is more typical in American English.

常見錯誤

❌Afterward of the meeting we had lunch.
✅After the meeting we had lunch.
💡'afterward' is an adverb and never takes 'of'; use the preposition 'after' before a noun phrase.
❌Two hours afterward the movie, she called me.
✅Two hours after the movie, she called me.
💡to mark a gap before a named event use 'after'; 'afterward' refers back to something already mentioned, not to a noun that follows it.