- 1（正式）此後、以後；（名詞）來世、身後
Hereafter is a formal word meaning "from this point on" or "after this," often used in official documents, contracts, or serious writing ("the company, hereafter called 'the Seller'..."). As a noun, "the hereafter" means life after death, especially in religious or spiritual talk.
core核心畫面
組成here + after — the point we are at, plus the time that comes after it.
同家族的字
- thereafterbuilt the same way as hereafter — 'there' + 'after' — meaning after that point in time
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hereafteradv/hɪɹˈæftɚ/
- 1
From now on.
- I WON'T give you any excuse hereafter for accusing me of neglecting to write. It is you that must take care that with all your leisure you keep up with me.
- 2
Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
- 3
datedIn time to come; in some future time or state.
- She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word.
- […] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […]
hereafternoun/hɪɹˈæftɚ/
- 1
A future existence or state.
- 2
Existence after death.
- 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; / 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / and intimates eternity to man.
hereafteradj/hɪɹˈæftɚ/
- 1
archaicFuture.
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