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afterthought

🇺🇸 /ˈæftɚθˌɑt/
noun 编号: A00751 BNC #15036 COCA #14016
afterthought 指事后才想到的念头,也可指原计划之外后来补上的内容;作动词时表示事后补充说明,但极少使用。
💡 记忆钩子
把计划想成一张已经画好的图:事情做完后才补上的念头,是“事后想到”;后来硬加进原计划的部分,就是“事后补上的东西”。
📝 学习建议
  • 先掌握名词的两个常见意思:事后才想到的念头,以及原计划之外的追加内容。不要把它仅仅理解成普通的“想法”,它通常带有“晚了一步”或“后来补上”的感觉。
  • 作动词的用法非常罕见,阅读中多半只需认识名词形式。
📖 中文释义
noun
  • core 事后才想到的念头或行动
    📖 事情或行动已经开始、甚至快结束时,才突然想到某件事并采取行动;重点是这个念头来得晚。它常表示某项准备并非一开始就计划好,而是后来才补上。
    💡 常用句型是“作为事后才想到的安排,某人做了某事”或“某物只是后来才被想到”。通常与“only as an afterthought”连用,强调时间上的迟到和准备上的次要性。不要把它用于一开始就认真规划好的事项。
    She packed her sandals only as an afterthought, but she was glad she did.
    她只是事后才想到要带凉鞋,但最后很庆幸自己带了。
    I added a rain jacket as an afterthought when I saw the dark clouds.
    看到乌云后,我才临时想到要加带一件雨衣。
  • common 原计划之外后来加上的内容
    📖 指最初的计划或设计里没有某项内容,后来才把它加进去。这里的 afterthought 更像“后来补上的部分”,不一定指一个人的思考过程。
    💡 常用句型是“某物 was an afterthought”或“某物 was added as an afterthought”。它可用于设计、装修、写作和安排等语境,常带有“不是核心、后来才加”的意味。不要误以为它一定表示错误;有时只是说明该内容不是原始计划的一部分。
    The small balcony was an afterthought added during the renovation.
    这个小阳台是装修期间后来才加上的。
afterthoughts plural
verb
  • rare 事后补充说明
    📖 指在原先说完或做完之后,才补充解释某件事;可以看作名词“事后才想到的内容”转成了动作。
    💡 只在极少见、非标准或特定文体中遇到,且常见于过去时语境。学习和写作时不要照搬这种用法,表达“后来补充说明”应选择更常见的动词。它不是普通的“思考”或“计划”的替代词。
    nonstandard possibly
afterthoughts present,singular,third-person afterthoughting participle,present afterthoughted participle,past afterthoughted past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组
an addition that was not included in the original plan
同义词集: afterthought
the garage was an afterthought
上位: add-on, addition, improver
thinking again about a choice previously made
同义词集: reconsideration second thought afterthought rethink
he had second thoughts about his purchase
上位: change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, turnaround
🌳 词源
由 after(在……之后)和 thought(想法)组成,可能仿照 forethought(预先考虑)构成;也有对应的动词 afterthink。
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English afterthought From after- + thought, probably modelled on forethought. Compare also the verb afterthink.
🔄 变式
afterthoughted past afterthoughting present afterthoughts plural
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