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
- 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。 - Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。 - Now, UNIX is a platform, and the architecture is mostly an afterthought.
现在UNIX是一个平台，体系架构已经几乎成为一种回忆了。 - 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。 - This approach usually incorporates one of the most important assets of the modern enterprise-enterprise data as an afterthought.
这种方法通常将现代企业最重要的资产之一&企业数据事后整合。 - It is an afterthought ( or a "never-thought") rather than an integral planning consideration.
这是一种事后聪明的做法（或者是“不考虑”），而不是整体的计划考虑。 - In most basketball videogames up to this point, they have been more of an afterthought.
在对待这一点上，大多数篮球游戏也不过就是提一提罢了。 - 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。 - Pennsylvania voters originally thought their primary might be an afterthought in the campaign.
宾夕法尼亚州选民原来以为自己州的初选可能是竞选活动的尾声。 - 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。