afternoon

UK:  [.ɑːftə(r)'nuːn]

US:  [.æftər'nun]

复数：afternoons  

n.

1.下午,午后

2.下午,过晌儿

3.下午好

4.〔书面语〕后半期,后半

adv.

1.下午的

1 . Even while he was trying to make up his mind the curtain had fallen. He looked ruefully out the window at the afternoon sky.
虽然他已下定决心接受既成事实，但还是禁不住沮丧地望着窗外午后的天空。

2 . Now, when she takes care of her grandchildren every afternoon, the only image they have of her is that of a smiling and happy grandmother.
现在，当她每天下午享受祖孙之乐时，孩子们脑海中闪现着的只有笑容可掬的快乐祖母形象。

3 . An attack by 100 RAF Lancaster bombers played havoc with its attack and it did not roll forward until the early afternoon.
他们遭到了皇家空军100架兰开斯特重型轰炸机的轰炸，直到午后才开始向前推进。

4 . But over the course of the afternoon, using body language and a little bit of speech, Brian and I seemed to strike up a bit of a rapport.
但是经历了整个下午后，使用肢体语言和几句话，布莱尔和我达成了默契。

5 . We have been having some issues with our connection to the internet this afternoon. It seems to be working now.
今天下午我们与互联网的连接出了些问题，现在应该正常了。