【afterthought】 - AEAS备考词汇

afterthought

UK:  ['ɑːftə(r).θɔːt]

US:  ['æftər.θɔt]

复数：afterthoughts  

un.

1.计划外的加添物

n.

1.思考

2.事后的想法

1 . Software is often an afterthought from the consumer's end, but when you're at the front lines this topic is very important.
软件通常是根据用户的需要而产生的，但如果你工作在（网页设计）第一线，这个话题就对你很重要了。

2 . 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。

3 . Mary was a bit of an afterthought her brothers and sisters are all much older than her.
玛丽算是後添的--她哥哥姐姐都比她大得多。

4 . I first saw the Eskimo, and will, I suppose, always first see what I first saw there, as if the Indian was mere afterthought.
我第一眼看到爱斯基摩人，那么我猜每次再看到也会第一时间想起它，至于印第安人永远只能是事后烟。

5 . Almost as an afterthought, he carved a staff of Dreadwood and summoned into it a captive spirit from the Outer Hells.
后来他用恐惧之木雕刻了一根法杖，并在其中注入了一个他从异界之狱俘获的灵魂。