afternoon

美音：[.æftər'nun] 英音：[.ɑːftə(r)'nuːn]

简单释义：

n.下午（中午 12 点至下午 6 点左右）

网络午后；下午好；A上午

变形：

复数：afternoons

完整释义：

1.下午,午后
2.下午,过晌儿
3.下午好
4.〔书面语〕后半期,后半

adv.

1.下午的

例句：

He said he had to cancel the meeting this afternoon.
他说他要取消今天下午的会议。
Even while he was trying to make up his mind the curtain had fallen. He looked ruefully out the window at the afternoon sky.
虽然他已下定决心接受既成事实，但还是禁不住沮丧地望着窗外午后的天空。
The next day, the pair were spotted out on afternoon drive around town.
第二天，这二人是在下午了开车转转。
The state news agency Xinhua said the violence erupted on Sunday afternoon in the capital of the restive Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region.
中国国家通讯社新华社报道称在动荡的新疆乌鲁木齐自治区首府的暴乱发生在周日下午。
I forgot my lie to my mum soon and went to bed at night after having a good time for the whole afternoon.
打电话的事，我很快就忘了。玩耍了一个下午，直到晚上熄灯睡觉。
On this Friday afternoon, scarcely two days after his previous visit, he made up his mind to see Carrie. He could not stay away longer.
这个星期五下午，离上次拜望相隔还没到两天，他就决定去看嘉莉。他无法再等了。
An attack by 100 RAF Lancaster bombers played havoc with its attack and it did not roll forward until the early afternoon.
他们遭到了皇家空军100架兰开斯特重型轰炸机的轰炸，直到午后才开始向前推进。
Earlier that afternoon, the amazing part-time nanny had told me she was quitting because she had found a photography job.
而下午的早些时候，那个极品兼职保姆又已经告诉我她要离开，因她找到了一份摄影工作。

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