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。
• 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。
• Several patterns were applied to achieve this, although they were not applied as an afterthought.
  为了实现这一目标，有几种模式得到了应用，不过它们不是作为补救措施而应用的。
• Finally, almost as an afterthought, he made a plea for calm and restraint on the streets.
  最后，几乎是马后炮，他请求街道上保持平衡与克制。
• The first appears to be an afterthought but good PR.
  第一条声明似乎是一种事后追加但是很好的公关。
• Service management and monitoring should be considered at Design-Time, not as an afterthought associated solely with IT operations.
  服务管理和监视应该是在设计时考虑的问题，不应该是只与IT操作相关联的后期问题。
• 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。
• Support for DB2 specific features and optimizations was considered and incorporated as part of this design process& it was not an afterthought.
  它还考虑了对DB2特定特性和优化的支持，这成为设计过程中的一部分&不是后来补充的。
• Is performance an afterthought until someone at the right management level starts complaining?
  是不是实施只是马后炮，直到某个具有管理水平的人开始抱怨？