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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
  第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。
• 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。
• He knew she had accepted without afterthought.
  他知道她未经思考就欣然接受邀请。
• 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。
• Would I just be an afterthought?
  还是对我只有追思会？