afternoon

一、真题好句
afternoon 义务阶段1500 全国卷频次:56
/ˌɑːftəˈnuːn/ /ˌæftərˈnuːn/
n. afternoons 3
下午，午后
高考真题原句提选：
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant.
In late afternoon I returned to my car.
You could spend a couple of hours there comfortably, or even a whole afternoon, watching the wild animals.
The book I’m reading talks about afternoon tea in Britain.
I went to see Mr. Brown that afternoon.
When will the man meet Mr. Stone this afternoon?
What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon?
All non-credit courses meet from 9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. daily and may have additional requirements in the afternoons or evenings.
What will the children do in the afternoon?

二、词组｜习惯用语
in the afternoon adv. 在下午
good afternoon int. 下午好
tomorrow afternoon 明天下午
every afternoon 每天下午
afternoon tea 下午茶
on sunday afternoon 在星期天下午
afternoon off 下午请假；下午放假
lazy afternoon 闲散午后
of an afternoon [用于修饰经常性动作]往往(或常常)在下午

三、词根记忆词典

afternoon
n.
下午,午後A day goes through daybreak, morning, noon, afternoon, evening and midnight.一天經過拂曉,上午,正午,下午,傍晚和午夜.

after·noon / 7B:ftE5nu:n; NAmE 7AftEr5n- /
noun
[U, C] the part of the day from 12 midday until about 6 o’clock
下午(中午 12 点至 6 点左右):
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 ten afternoons a week.
她每周两个下午学习艺术。
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。
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？
⇨ see also good afternoon

 

四、辨析

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。

afternoon1 /ˌɑːftəˈnuːn◂ $ ˌæftər-/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] 1  the part of the day after the morning and before the evening 下午，午后 → morning, evening
There’s a meeting on Thursday afternoon.
星期四下午有个会议。
It was very hot in the afternoon.
下午很热。
See you tomorrow afternoon.
明天下午见。
Are you going into town this afternoon?
今天下午你进城去吗？
We met in the early afternoon.
下午较早的时候我们见了面。
By late afternoon, Micky had changed his mind.
到了傍晚，米基已改变了主意。
He was having his afternoon nap.
他在睡午觉。
2  afternoons during the afternoon every day （每天）下午
She only works afternoons.
她只在下午工作。
afternoon2 interjection British English informal
used to greet someone when you meet them in the afternoon 下午好

afternoon ★★★★☆
1.N-VAR 可变名词下午；午后 The afternoon is the part of each day which begins at lunchtime and ends at about six o’clock.
He’s arriving in the afternoon…

他下午会到。

He had stayed in his room all afternoon.

他整个下午都呆在房间里。

…an afternoon news conference.

午后的新闻发布会

afternoon /ˌæftɚˈnuːn/ Brit /ˌɑːftəˈnuːn/ noun
plural afternoons [count] : the middle part of the day : the part of the day between noon and evening下午；午后
morning, afternoon, evening, and night
上午、下午、晚上和夜间
I’ll see you again tomorrow afternoon.
明天下午再见。
It was early/late afternoon when I left.
我离开时中午刚过/快到晚上了。
She spent the/her afternoon at the library.
她在图书馆待了一下午。
She came home the next/following afternoon. [=during the afternoon of the next day] 第二天下午她回家了。
I remember the many rainy afternoons I spent reading at the library.
我还记得我在图书馆看书的许多个下雨的午后。
She doesn’t have class on Friday afternoons.
每周五下午她都没有课。
It took us all afternoon to get there.
我们花了一下午时间才赶到那儿。
It’s going to be a long afternoon listening to lectures.
要听多个讲座，这会是一个漫长的下午。
We went for a walk this afternoon. [=during the afternoon today] 今天下午我们出去散步了。
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
an afternoon drive
一次午后开车兜风
afternoon tea
下午茶
Our garden gets plenty of afternoon sun. [=the sun shines on the garden in the afternoon] 我们的花园洒满了午后的阳光。
— see also good afternoon