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

• 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。
• Many software product developers tackle the user interface last, adding it on as an afterthought.
  许多软件产品开发人员到最后再解决用户界面问题，把它作为一种事后来考虑的问题。
• Mary was a bit of an afterthought her brothers and sisters are all much older than her.
  玛丽算是后添的&她哥哥姐姐都比她大得多。
• I met his wife, too. ( An afterthought.) I didn't much like her.
  我还见过他的夫人。（然后补充说）我不太喜欢她。
• 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。
• 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。
• Search is now an afterthought in a market controlled by Google, and dial-up Internet is in terminal decline.
  面对谷歌（google）在搜索市场的控制地位，再想去开展搜索业务已成了放马后炮，而拨号联网业务更是日薄西山。
• The first appears to be an afterthought but good PR.
  第一条声明似乎是一种事后追加但是很好的公关。
• Several patterns were applied to achieve this, although they were not applied as an afterthought.
  为了实现这一目标，有几种模式得到了应用，不过它们不是作为补救措施而应用的。
• 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。