1.在表示以现在为起点的“在……之后”这个含义时,介词in之后接时间段,介词after之后应接时间点。
Dinner will be ready in ten minutes.
晚饭10分钟后准备好。(高考真题)
I’ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes.
10分钟后我们楼下见。
I’ll come back after three o’clock.
我3点钟以后回来。
We will finish the work after ten o'clock.
十点后我们会完成工作的。
I'll visit him in a week.
一周后我会去拜访他。
I'll visit him twice in a week.
一周内我会去拜访他两次。
2.当以某个过去时间为起点时的“在……之后”,after之后既可以时间点,也可以接时间段。
I’ll come back after 8 o’clock. 我将在8点钟以后回来。
He came back after 8 o’clock. 他是8点种以后回来的。
Don’t stay out after 10 o’clock at night. 晚上10点以后不要在外面逗留。
The town is completely dead after 11 o’clock at night.
这个镇在晚上 11 点过后就变得就变得死寂一片。
He left for Beijing after a week.
一周后他动身去了北京。
They arrived shortly after 5.
他们是在5点钟刚过到达的。
After an hour I went home.
一小时之后我回家了。
After ten years I'm used to the strange British ways.
十年之后,我习惯了英国人的奇异习俗。
After three years with the band he decided to go solo.
跟那支乐队合作三年后,他决定单飞。
We arrived in Shanghai after 10 hour’s journey.
10 小时的旅途之后,我们到达了上海。
After many hours of wandering in the forest the lost hikers felt hopeless.
在森林里瞎走了好几个小时后,迷路的徒步旅行者绝望了。
After ten hours under sail, they reached dry land.
在航行10个小时后,他们上了岸。