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

• 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。
• 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。
• Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
  第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• For most software projects, quality is an afterthought.
  对大多数软件项目而言，质量是马后炮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Would I just be an afterthought?
  还是对我只有追思会？