afterthought

英 [ˈɑːftəθɔːt]

美 [ˈæftərθɔːt]

n.  事后想法，事后添加的事物(常指未经周密考虑)

复数：afterthoughts　

BNC.15036 / COCA.14016

牛津词典

noun

• 事后想法，事后添加的事物（常指未经周密考虑）
  a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 事后的想法;追加的事物
  If you do or say something as anafterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an addition that was not included in the original plan
  1. the garage was an afterthought
• thinking again about a choice previously made
  1. he had second thoughts about his purchase
  Synonym:reconsiderationsecond thoughtrethink

双语例句

• 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。
• Finally, almost as an afterthought, he made a plea for calm and restraint on the streets.
  最后，几乎是马后炮，他请求街道上保持平衡与克制。
• A business lunch where food is an afterthought to intense dealmaking and negotiation.
  在工作午餐上，忙于紧张的交易和谈判而顾不上吃饭。
• He knew she had accepted without afterthought.
  他知道她未经思考就欣然接受邀请。
• Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
  第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。
• Oh, he added, as if it were an afterthought.
  哦，他补充说，因为如果它是一个事后的想法。
• Hollywood has also benefited from growth in international markets that were once an afterthought.
  好莱坞还得益于以前不被重视的海外市场的增长。
• In most basketball videogames up to this point, they have been more of an afterthought.
  在对待这一点上，大多数篮球游戏也不过就是提一提罢了。
• Now, UNIX is a platform, and the architecture is mostly an afterthought.
  现在UNIX是一个平台，体系架构已经几乎成为一种回忆了。
• This is why open source has done well in programming tools, but desktops and user interfaces have often been an afterthought.
  这也是为何开源在编程工具方面做得很好，而桌面和用户界面则总是被置后考虑。