afterthought

美 [ˈæftərθɔːt]英 [ˈɑːftəθɔːt]
  • n.事后想法,事后添加的事物(常指未经周密考虑)

复数: afterthoughts

afterthoughtafterthought

noun

usually sing.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

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。

afterthought

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 事后的想法;追加的事物
    If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.

    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。

noun

1
an addition that was not included in the original plan
the garage was an afterthought
2
thinking again about a choice previously made
he had second thoughts about his purchase
Synonym: reconsideration second thought rethink

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  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。

  2. 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。

  3. It used to be that software testing was an afterthought .

    以前人们通常认为软件测试只是事后诸葛。

  4. Afterthought of Logistics in Colleges and Universities under New Conditions

    新形势下对高校后勤工作的再思考

  5. The film is make first and the music is add as an afterthought

    这部电影是先拍摄画面的,音乐是后加上的

  6. For most software projects , quality is an afterthought .

    对大多数软件项目而言,质量是马后炮。

  7. Checking of state owned key coal mines ' production capacity and afterthought

    国有重点煤矿生产能力的核定及相应的思考

  8. 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?

  9. Afterthought of the doctor-patient legal relationship under the condition of transforming economy

    转型经济条件下医患法律关系的再思考

  10. There was negative correlation between sensory integration and behavior problems . Afterthought on Integration

    感觉统合能力与行为问题呈显著负相关。对一体化的再思考

  11. On the essence of the patent market transaction price and afterthoughts related

    专利市场交易价格的实质及其思考

  12. Afterthought About the Ideological Nature of Literature and Art

    文艺的意识形态性质再思考

  13. The move should also create value . Though that bit is most likely an afterthought .

    此举应该也能带来收入,但这应该不是主要目的。

  14. Don 't make finding an agent an afterthought .

    不要找代理人事后的想法。

  15. Afterthought from the Planning and Construction of Public Toilets

    由公共厕所的规划建设引发的思考

  16. 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。

  17. They had only added that to the form as an afterthought .

    他们仅把这作为补充加在了表格上。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. He recorded the important events ad his afterthoughts in his travel journal .

    在旅行日记中,他记下了重大的事件及自己的想法。

  23. Second , privacy is no longer an afterthought .

    第二,隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。

  24. 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。

  25. And then as an afterthought , they mentioned the hours .

    接着,他们想起了另一个问题:工作时长。

  26. He knew she had accepted without afterthought .

    他知道她未经思考就欣然接受邀请。

  27. The afterthought is good , but forethought is better .

    事后回想有益,事前考虑更佳。

  28. Even at the Morgan , Hemingway was something of an afterthought .

    即便是在摩根,海明威展也并非优先考虑。

  29. Oh , he added , as if it were an afterthought .

    哦,他补充说,因为如果它是一个事后的想法。

  30. 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。