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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• For most software projects, quality is an afterthought.
  对大多数软件项目而言，质量是马后炮。
• 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。
• He knew she had accepted without afterthought.
  他知道她未经思考就欣然接受邀请。
• 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。
• Would I just be an afterthought?
  还是对我只有追思会？
• Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
  第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。
• Search is now an afterthought in a market controlled by Google, and dial-up Internet is in terminal decline.
  面对谷歌（google）在搜索市场的控制地位，再想去开展搜索业务已成了放马后炮，而拨号联网业务更是日薄西山。