文档介绍：After用作介词时,很容易和另一介词behind混淆不清,因为它们都表示“在……之后”的意思。它们的区别有以下几点:
1. 一般说来,after指时间的先后次序,意为"later in time than";behind指位置的前后,意为"in the rear of"。例如:
I shall be free after ten o'clock.
十点之后我有空。
The national stadium is located behind the hill.
国家运动场在山岗的后面。
2. after常用以指顺序,意为“跟在…之后”、“接着”、“接连”(in ession or next to in order); behind则表示“隐匿在后”、“背着”或“遗留在后”之意。如:
After you, please!
您先请!(出门或进门时的客套用语)
You should put the direct object after the indirect object.
你应该把直接宾语放在间接宾语之后。
The policemen are searching for the robbers door after door.
警察正在挨家挨户地搜查劫匪。
Don't speak evil of a man behind his back.
不要在背后说人坏话。
Who is behind the scenes?
谁是幕后人?
Those smugglers ran away and left no trace behind them.
那些走私客逃走时没有留下任何痕迹。
3. 在某些场合下,after和behind可以互换使用,但涵义有所不同。如:
Shut the door after you. (1)
Shut the door behind you.