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)
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- 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。
- They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought .
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.- 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。
- Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
英英释义
noun
- an addition that was not included in the original plan
- the garage was an afterthought
- thinking again about a choice previously made
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
双语例句
- They had only added that to the form as an afterthought.
他们仅把这作为补充加在了表格上。 - 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。 - 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。 - They must be planned along with all areas of the building, and not wedged in as an afterthought.
这些应和建筑的其他区域在设计时一起考量，而不是之后再进行补救。 - Donors who fund climate change work usually treat media and communications support as an afterthought.
资助气候变化工作的捐助者通常把支持媒体与传播视为一种额外的工作。 - He knew she had accepted without afterthought.
他知道她未经思考就欣然接受邀请。 - 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。 - 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。 - Service management and monitoring should be considered at Design-Time, not as an afterthought associated solely with IT operations.
服务管理和监视应该是在设计时考虑的问题，不应该是只与IT操作相关联的后期问题。 - 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。