n.(名词)

1. 下午（中午 12 点至 6 点左右）
2. 午后
3. 后期
4. 过晌儿

adj.(形容词)

1. （在）下午的
2. （适于）午后的

int.(感叹词)

1. 下午好

n.(名词)

1. [U][C]下午 the time between morning and evening; the time between midday and sunset
2. [S]后半期,后半 later stage, later period

Noun:

1. the part of the day between noon and evening;

   "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park"
   

2. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

1.下午；午后
Theafternoon is the part of each day which begins at lunchtime and ends at about six o'clock.

e.g. He's arriving in theafternoon...
他下午会到。
e.g. He had stayed in his room allafternoon.
他整个下午都呆在房间里。

1. 下午：1971年4月 Michael Hart启动了古登堡工程(Gutenberg Project)1987年10月 世界上第一本电子书<>(afternoon)出版1993年 格伦(Glenn Hauman)创办的目录字节公司(BiblioBytes)目录字节公司(BiblioBytes)是世界上第一个数字图书出版商,

2. 下午好：Actually. 实际上. |afternoon. 下午好. | Aim! Fire!睢准!射击!

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3. 午后, 下午 <单词词性>下午的, 晚期：elastic support 弹性支承, 弹性支座 |afternoon 午后, 下午 下午的, 晚期 | carer (亲属中)护理病人者,照顾老人者

1. The afternoon drew on while they sat there.
   他们坐在那儿,下午不知不觉地过去了。
2. It's going to rain in the afternoon.
   今天下午会有雨。
3. Late in the afternoon of a chilly day she was born in a little fishing village.
   在一个寒冷的傍晚,她出生在一个小小的渔村。
4. It was six o'clock in the afternoon of September 12,1987.
   那是1987年9月12日下午6点钟的时候。
5. When a guest comes to see you in the afternoon, you say “Good afternoon” to him.
   客人午后来看你时,和他道“午安”。
6. On a hot afternoon I called on Mr. Green.
   在一个炎热的下午,我拜访了格林先生。
7. The meeting will be held on Friday afternoon.
   会议将于星期五下午举行。
8. We are very happy to bring you here on a Sunday afternoon.
   我们很高兴能在星期天下午带你到这儿来。
9. One afternoon last week he went out with Arthur to the University of California.
   上周的一天下午他和亚瑟去了加利福尼亚大学。
10. I went over there afternoons and afterward stopped at the cafe and had a drink and read the papers.
    我总是在下午去那儿,然后在咖啡店里喝杯咖啡,看看报纸。
11. He took an afternoon walk.
    他午后散步。

the afternoon of life

后半生,晚年 the old age; one's later life

• In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon.

  出自：Tennyson

Good afternoon!

下午好！

She could knit up a baby's coatee in an afternoon.

她一个下午就能编结好一件婴孩的紧身短上衣。

I met him in a hot and breathless afternoon.

我是在一个又闷又热的下午遇到他的。

Come over on Sunday afternoon.

星期天下午过来。

Where were you on the afternoon of May 21?

5月21日下午你在哪里？

Are you ready for this afternoon's meeting?

今天下午的会议你准备好了没有？

The baby always has an afternoon nap.

婴儿午后总要睡一会儿。

this'/yesterday'/tomorrow afternoon

今天 / 昨天 / 明天下午

In the afternoon they went shopping.

他们下午去购物了。

She studies art two afternoons a week.

她每周两个下午学习艺术。

He had stayed in his room all afternoon.

他整个下午都呆在房间里。

He's arriving in the afternoon...

他下午会到。

Where was she yesterday afternoon?

昨天下午她在什么地方?

At five o'clock in the afternoon the city streets are a series of bottlenecks.

下午五点市中心的街道就成了拥挤不堪的窄路.

A few faint gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.

几束隐约的阳光使阴暗的下午有些明亮.

It's clouding up. Maybe it'll rain this afternoon.

天阴上来了, 今天下午也许有雨.

I'm interviewing all this afternoon.

整个下午,我都要进行面试.

The teachers and parents got together on Saturday afternoon.

教师和家长在星期六下午聚会.

Lady Jones receives on Monday afternoon.

星期一下午琼斯夫人接见来访者.

He spent the afternoon of his life in the south of America.

他在美国南部度过了晚年.

Mother's been in a great state the whole afternoon.

母亲整个下午都非常焦躁不安.

She'll call on you this afternoon.

她今天下午要来见你.

Don't worry, you shall get the answer this afternoon.

别着急, 今天下午你就可得到答复了. (允诺)

Exploring really deep caves is not a task for the Sunday afternoon rambler.

勘探真正深邃的洞穴,决非星期天下午散步人的任务.

The plane is due at 4:15 this afternoon.

飞机定于今天四点十五分到达.

She makes a rule of going for a walk every afternoon.

她有每天下午散步的习惯.

He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon.

他喝了个通霄,昏沉沉地一直睡到下午.

It will rain in the afternoon.

午后将会下雨.

In the afternoon it rained suddenly.

下午天突然下雨了.

The weather for tomorrow: Clear in the morning, changing to light overcast in the afternoon.

明天的天气: 上午晴, 下午转多云.

I went upstairs for my afternoon siesta.

我上楼去睡午觉.

The meeting carried on into the afternoon.

会议一直延续到下午.

n.(名词)

1. afternoon指正午以后至日落之前这段时间,译为“下午”,复数形式afternoons指不断重复的下午,起强调作用。书面语中可引申表示“后半期,后半”。
2. 一般说“在下午”用介词in,但当afternoon前有修饰成分如“某日的下午”或“星期×的下午”时用on,但当其前又有时间状语时, on也可换为in。afternoon与this, that, yesterday, tomorrow, every, all等限定词连用时相当于副词短语,其前不使用介词。afternoon用作状语时，其前也不使用介词。
3. afternoon也可置于另一名词之前作定语。

1. afternoon 由after和noon两个词组成，常以in the afternoon形式出现，指“在下午”，也可说during the afternoon；
2. 有时，afternoon前不可加in或on，如this afternoon (今天下午)，yesterday afternoon (昨天下午)等表达方式；
3. after noon较少用做状语短语，但shortly after noon (午后不久)，immediately after noon (午后立即）是用比较广泛。

   We left after noon today.

4. 复数形式afternoons可用作副词，指“在每天下午”。

   She helps me with English grammar afternoons.
   每天下午，她都帮我学习英语语法。

5. 从时间意义上来说，人们通常把午饭后到下班前这段时间作为“afternoon”，而正常时间下班后开始作为“evening”，而“evening”和“night”之间的转换往往取决于人们上床睡觉的时间。

n.(名词)

afternoon, after noon

after与noon这两个词连写和分写在含义上是有区别的:连写时指“下午”,即morning和evening之间这段时间; 而分写时指“正午以后”,着眼于时间的起点,即12点以后。试比较下面两句：

What are you going to do this afternoon?

今天下午你们干什么?

What are you going to do after noon?

过了中午你们干什么?

in the afternoon, on the afternoon

这两个短语都表示“在下午”。其区别是：

on the afternoon指的是某天的下午或具体的一个下午; in the afternoon指不断重复的下午,使下午具体化了,起强调作用。例如:

I was at home on the afternoon of last Monday.

上个星期一的下午我在家。

Mostly I slept in the mornings, and in the afternoons, sometimes.

在多数情况下,我都是每天上午睡觉, 有时也下午睡觉。

in an afternoon, in the afternoon

这两个短语意思不同, in an afternoon指一个下午,而in the afternoon指今天下午。例如:

It can be done in an afternoon.

此事一个下午就可完成。

It can be done in the afternoon.

此事今天下午就可完成。

n.(名词)

一天下午发生了火灾。

误 A fire broke out one day afternoon.

正 A fire broke out one afternoon.

正 One day, in the afternoon, a fire broke out.

析 汉语里可说“一天下午”,但英语里却不可说one day afternoon,要说one afternoon或one day in the afternoon。后一句中的in the afternoon是对one day的补充。

今天下午请过来看我一下。

误 Please come over and see me today afternoon.

正 Please come over and see me this afternoon.

析 afternoon前不可用today修饰。表示“今天下午”,一般不可说today afternoon,应说this afternoon。