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

• At Activiti, dealing with business processes in the context of software development is not an afterthought.
  在Activiti，在软件开发环境下处理业务流程不是可有可无的事情。
• 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。
• 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。
• For most software projects, quality is an afterthought.
  对大多数软件项目而言，质量是马后炮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。