hereafter /ˌhɪərˈɑːftə/ TEM8

• 1. 

  ADV Hereafter means from this time onward. 今后; 此后 [FORMAL, WRITTEN] [ADV with cl]

  例：

  I realized how hard life was going to be for me hereafter.

  我意识到我的生活今后将会多么艰难。

• 2. 

  ADV In legal documents and in written English, hereafter is used to introduce information about an abbreviation that will be used in the rest of the text to refer to the person or thing just mentioned. (法律文书和书面语)以下 [ADV with cl]

  例：

  Michel Foucault (1972), The Archaeology of Knowledge; hereafter this text will be abbreviated as AK.

  米歇尔•福柯（1972），《知识考古学》，下文简称AK。

• 3. 

  N-SING The hereafter is sometimes used to refer to the time after you have died, or to the life which some people believe you have after you have died. 死后; 死后的灵魂存在 [usu 'the' N]

  例：

  ...belief in the hereafter.

  ...死后灵魂存在的信仰。

• 4. 

  ADJ Hereafter is also an adjective. 死后的 [n ADJ]

  例：

  ...the life hereafter.

  ...死后灵魂的存在。