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

• 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。
• Would I just be an afterthought?
  还是对我只有追思会？
• Too often, scalability is an afterthought or a reaction to an overloaded system.
  可惜可伸缩性往往只是在系统过载后才被想起。
• Finally, almost as an afterthought, he made a plea for calm and restraint on the streets.
  最后，几乎是马后炮，他请求街道上保持平衡与克制。
• For most software projects, quality is an afterthought.
  对大多数软件项目而言，质量是马后炮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Is performance an afterthought until someone at the right management level starts complaining?
  是不是实施只是马后炮，直到某个具有管理水平的人开始抱怨？
• 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。