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)
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- 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。
- They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought .
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.- 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。
- Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
英英释义
noun
- an addition that was not included in the original plan
- the garage was an afterthought
- thinking again about a choice previously made
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
双语例句
- Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。 - For most software projects, quality is an afterthought.
对大多数软件项目而言，质量是马后炮。 - 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。 - 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。 - This approach usually incorporates one of the most important assets of the modern enterprise-enterprise data as an afterthought.
这种方法通常将现代企业最重要的资产之一&企业数据事后整合。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。