afternoon

US [ˌæftərˈnun]
UK [ˌɑːftə(r)ˈnuːn]
  • n.下午（中午 12 点至下午 6 点左右）
  • Web午后；下午好；A上午
Plural Form：afternoons  

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Afternoon
n.
— see also
good afternoon
1.
下午（中午 12 点至下午 6 点左右）the part of the day from 12 midday until about 6 o'clock
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 two afternoons a week.
她每周两个下午学习美术。
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？

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1.
In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead.
在下午晚一点的时候，我回到了我的车上，发现我的车灯亮了一整天，而且电池已经用完了。
zài xià wǔ wǎn yì diǎn de shí hou , wǒ huí dào le wǒ de chē shàng , fā xiàn wǒ de chē dēng liàng le yī zhěng tiān , ér qiě diàn chí yǐ jīng yòng wán le 。
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2.
There's something I'd like to talk over with you. I wonder whether it would be convenient to meet you tomorrow afternoon.
我有事想和您商谈。不知明天下午见您是否方便？
wǒ yǒu shì xiǎng hé nín shāng tán 。 bù zhī míng tiān xià wǔ jiàn nín shì fǒu fāng biàn ?
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3.
Later that afternoon I got ready to leave. "You wouldn't like to borrow my phone to make a call, I don't suppose? " he asked.
黄昏时分，我准备离开了。“我想，你不想借用一下我的电话吗？”他说。
huáng hūn shí fēn , wǒ zhǔn bèi lí kāi le 。 " wǒ xiǎng , nǐ bù xiǎng jiè yòng yí xià wǒ de diàn huà ma ? " tā shuō 。
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4.
I never hung out with you in the afternoon like this.
我从来没有在下午这样和你在一起。
wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu zài xià wǔ zhè yàng hé nǐ zài yì qǐ 。
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5.
He took my measurements and asked me to pick up the suit on Friday afternoon.
他给我量了尺寸，叫我星期五下午去拿。
tā gěi wǒ liàng le chǐ cùn , jiào wǒ xīng qī wǔ xià wǔ qù ná 。
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6.
At the moment we are concentrating on the big items and trying to get those sorted and this afternoon we'll move onto set-up.
目前我们集中精力在主要的项目中并解决主要问题，今天下午我们会进一步做一些设置。
mù qián wǒ men jí zhōng jīng lì zài zhǔ yào de xiàng mù zhōng bìng jiě jué zhǔ yào wèn tí , jīn tiān xià wǔ wǒ men huì jìn yí bù zuò yì xiē shè zhì 。
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7.
One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
其中一个每天都可以坐在自己的床上一小时来帮助排空肺里的积水。
qí zhōng yī gè měi tiān dōu kě yǐ zuò zài zì jǐ de chuáng shàng yī xiǎo shí lái bāng zhù pái kōng fèi lǐ de jī shuǐ 。
blog.hjenglish.com
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Passers-by were shocked to see rowdy bikini- clad students struggling to stand up and vomiting at midday on a Sunday afternoon.
星期天中午，路人看到穿着比基尼吵闹的学生在大街上蹒跚前行并一直呕吐感到很惊愕。
xīng qī tiān zhōng wǔ , lù rén kàn dào chuān zhe bǐ jī ní chǎo nào de xué shēng zài dà jiē shàng pán shān qián xíng bìng yì zhí ǒu tù gǎn dào hěn jīng è 。
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And he said the Federals fell that long afternoon as steady as rain dripping down from the eaves of a house.
他还说，这个漫长的下午北军就像是从屋檐上滴落的雨水一般纷纷倒毙。
tā hái shuō , zhè ge màn cháng de xià wǔ běi jūn jiù xiàng shì cóng wū yán shàng dī luò de yǔ shuǐ yì bān fēn fēn dǎo bì 。
always.blog.35.cn
10.
By seven o'clock this afternoon we shall have got to Shanghai if the train keeps good line.
如果火车运行正常，我们今天下午七点就到上海了。
rú guǒ huǒ chē yùn xíng zhèng cháng , wǒ men jīn tiān xià wǔ qī diǎn jiù dào shàng hǎi le 。
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