afterthought是什么意思？

afterthought

英[ˈɑ:ftəθɔ:t] 美[ˈæftərθɔt]

• n. 事后的考虑或想法，事后聪明，事后再想起，后来添加的东西；

复数：afterthoughts;

例句

• The bit about help for poorer countries had obviously just been tacked on as an afterthought. 关于帮助贫穷国家的那段话显然是事后的想法后来加上去的。
• They had only added that to the form as an afterthought. 他们仅把这作为补充加在了表格上.
• They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought . 他们邀请杰克和萨拉不过是事后想起的补救办法。
• Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her. 他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  事后的想法;追加的事物
  If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.
  例句
  Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her. 他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  事后的考虑或想法
  After he handed in the report, he had several afterthoughts that were too late to put in it. 他交上报告后，又有些新的想法，但已没法加到报告中去了。 The bit about help for poorer countries had obviously just been tacked on as an afterthought. 关于帮助贫穷国家的那段话显然是事后的想法后来加上去的。
  后来添加的东西；事后想到的事物
  They had only added that to the form as an afterthought. 他们仅把这作为补充加在了表格上。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. thinking again about a choice previously made;
  "he had second thoughts about his purchase"
  2. an addition that was not included in the original plan;
  "the garage was an afterthought"