天津市太平村中学高中英语 英语最常用介词用法素材8 外研版必修2.doc

英语最常用介词用法素材8二、after1. 动词+after介词after有“追赶，问候，效仿”之意：ask after问候, be after寻求,do(sth.) after学着做，go after设法得到, inquire after问候, look after寻找, run after追求, seek after追逐, take after长得像例如： Every afternoon he called to ask after his girl friend.他每天下午都打问候他的女朋友    The boy takes after his father. 这男孩长得像他父亲    The dogs went after the wounded deer. 一群狗在追赶那只受伤的鹿 2. after构成的其它短语after在不同的短语中意思各异：    after a little/moment/while过了一会，after all毕竟,after dark天黑以后，after one’s heart合…的心, after school放学后， after service售后服务，after the fashion勉强， day after day日复一日，one after another一个接一个，year after year年复一年。

例如：    Don’t be too strict with him. After all he is still a child.    不要太苛刻了，毕竟他还是个孩子    He can speak and write English after a fashion.    他多少会说和写一点英语，但不太好。