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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He knew she had accepted without afterthought.
  他知道她未经思考就欣然接受邀请。
• 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。
• Support for DB2 specific features and optimizations was considered and incorporated as part of this design process& it was not an afterthought.
  它还考虑了对DB2特定特性和优化的支持，这成为设计过程中的一部分&不是后来补充的。
• Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
  第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is why open source has done well in programming tools, but desktops and user interfaces have often been an afterthought.
  这也是为何开源在编程工具方面做得很好，而桌面和用户界面则总是被置后考虑。