简单释义：

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n. 下午（中午 12 点至下午 6 点左右）

网络 午后；下午好；A上午

变形：

复数：afternoons  

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完整释义：

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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

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例句：

1. I forgot my lie to my mum soon and went to bed at night after having a good time for the whole afternoon.
   打电话的事，我很快就忘了。玩耍了一个下午，直到晚上熄灯睡觉。

2. fisher named fisher failed to fish any fish one Friday afternoon and finally he found a bis fissure in his fishing net.
   某周五的下午，一位叫费舍的芬兰渔民连一条鱼也没有捕到，后来他发现原来渔网破了个大洞。

3. 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。

4. One afternoon in his youth, he had ventured into a nearby village for a few hours and had felt his detestation of people grow fierce.
   他还年轻时，有一天下午，他大胆地到附近的一个村子逛了几个小时，结果发现自己对人们的憎恶更甚。

5. Tommy Haas would have had cause to feel distinctly queasy had he taken a look at them before his semi-final at Wimbledon this afternoon.
   在今天下午的温布尔登半决赛前，如果哈斯看了看他和费德勒的统计数字，他可能会找到原因导致他感到明显的不安。

6. I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so Imy shoulders and went on.
   我的周末安排的满满，明天下午和朋友踢足球，还有聚会等着我。

7. She said she must would have to go to see the doctor the next afternoon.
   她说第二天下午她一定得去看医生。

8. The manager asked me to let you know that the meeting planned for this morning has been put off till this afternoon.
   经理让我告诉你原定今天上午召开的会议推迟到今天下午了。