柯林斯詞典afterward /?ɑ?ft?w?d/ (also afterwards) 1. ADV 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、某時間) 之后[ADV with cl] Shortly afterward, police arrested four suspects. 之后不久，警方逮捕了４名嫌疑犯。 返回 afterward