Sau, đằng sau

three days after

ba ngày sau

soon after

ngay sau đó

to follow after

theo sau

Sau, sau khi

after dinner

sau bữa cơm

Ở đằng sau, phía sau, đứng sau, liền sau

Summer comes after Spring

mùa hạ đến liền sau mùa xuân

Theo sau, theo đuổi (diễn tả ý tìm kiếm, sự mong muốn, sự trông nom săn sóc)

to be after something

đuổi theo cái gì, tìm kiếm cái gì

to thirst after knowledge

khao khát sự hiểu biết

to look after somebody

trông nom săn sóc ai

Phỏng theo, theo

a picture after Rubens

một bức tranh theo kiểu Ruben

after the Russian fashion

theo mốt Nga

Với, do, vì

after a cool reception

với một sự tiếp đãi lạnh nhạt

Mặc dù, bất chấp

after all the threats

bất chấp tất cả những sự doạ nạt

after all

cuối cùng, sau hết, rốt cuộc, xét cho cùng

after one's heart

Xem heart

after a manner (fashion)

tàm tạm, tạm được

after that

Xem that

after you!

xin mời đi trước!

day after day

Xem day

the day after

ngày hôm sau

time after time

Xem time

Sau khi

I went immediately after I had received the information

sau khi nhận được tin, tôi đi ngay

Sau này, sau đây, tiếp sau

in after years

trong những năm sau này; trong tương lai

(hàng hải) ở đằng sau, ở phía sau

the after part of the ship

phía sau tàu

sau

sau (thời gian bao nhiêu ngày...)

Prep.

A following in time;later than (after six months; after midnight; day after day). bUS in specifying time (a quarter after eight).

(with causalforce) in view of (something that happened shortly before)(after your behaviour tonight what do you expect?).

(withconcessive force) in spite of (after all my efforts I'm nobetter off).

Behind (shut the door after you).

In pursuitor quest of (run after them; inquire after him; hanker after it;is after a job).

About, concerning (asked after her; askedafter her health).

In allusion to (named him William afterthe prince).

In imitation of (a person, word, etc.) (apainting after Rubens; 'aesthete' is formed after 'athlete').

Next in importance to (the best book on the subject after mine).10 according to (after a fashion).

Conj. in or at a timelater than that when (left after they arrived).

Adv.

Laterin time (soon after; a week after).

Behind in place (followedon after; look before and after).

Adj.

Later, following(in after years).

Naut. nearer the stern (after cabins; aftermast; after-peak).

In spite of one's exertions, expectations, etc.(they tried for an hour and failed after all; so you have comeafter all!). after-care care of a patient after a stay inhospital or of a person on release from prison. after-dampchoking gas left after an explosion of firedamp in a mine.after-effect an effect that follows after an interval or afterthe primary action of something. after-image an image retainedby a sense-organ, esp. the eye, and producing a sensation afterthe cessation of the stimulus. after one's own heart see HEART.after-taste a taste remaining or recurring after eating ordrinking. after you a formula used in offering precedence. [OE‘fter f. Gmc]