【突破英文词汇】ante--before post--after

 1. antecedents /æn'tɪsi:dnts/

-- ancestors; forefathers¹

David's antecedents came to this country more than a hundred years ago.

戴维的祖先100多年前来到这个国家。

 

 

2. anteroom /ˈæntirum/

-- room placed before and forming an entrance to another; antechamber; waiting room

If the physician is busy when patients arrive, the nurse asks them to wait in the anteroom.

如果病人来的时候医生很忙，护士就请他们去接待室等候。

 

 

3. postmortem /pəʊstˈmɔ:təm/

-- thorough examination of a body after death; autopsy²

The purpose of a postmortem is to discover the cause of death.

验尸的目的在于发现死因。

 

 

4. postscript³ /ˈpəʊstskrɪpt/

-- note added to a letter after it has been written

After signing the letter, I noticed I had omitted an important fact. Therefore, I mentioned it in a postscript.

在信上签名后，我发现漏掉了一件要紧的事，于是就在附言中写了一下。

 

 

5. antedate⁴ /ˈæntɪˌdeɪt/

-- 1. assign a date before the true date

2. come before in date; precede

If you used yesterday's date on a check written today, you have antedated⁵ the check.

如果你在今天的支票上填写昨天的日期，你就提早了支票的日期。

Alaska antedates⁶ Hawaii as a state, having gained statehood on January 3, 1959, seven months before Hawaii.

阿拉斯加在1959年1月3日成为美国的一洲，比夏威夷早了七个月。

 

 

6. postdate /ˈpəustˈdeit/

-- assign a date after the true date

This is a postdated check; it has tomorrow's date on it.

这张支票的日期填迟了，上面的日期是明天的。

 

 

7. ante meridiem /ˈæntimeˈridiem/

-- before noon

Our class usually begin at 8 a. m.

我们通常在上午8点开始上课。

 

 

8. post meridiem /ˈpəustmeˈridiem/

-- afternoon

At 4 p. m. the chairman announced the debate to be closed.

下午4点时主席宣布辩论结束。

 

 

9. postgraduate⁷ /pəʊstˈgrædʒu:ɪt/

-- having to do with study after graduation from high school or college

After college, Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.

大学毕业后，玛丽想去法学院搞研究。

1 forefathers   

n.祖先，先人；祖先，祖宗( forefather的名词复数 )；列祖列宗；前人

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先，大家都气得怒发冲冠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

3 postscript   

n.附言，又及；(正文后的)补充说明

参考例句：

• There was the usual romantic postscript at the end of his letter.他的信末又是一贯的浪漫附言。
• She mentioned in a postscript to her letter that the parcel had arrived.她在信末附笔中说包裹已寄到。

4 antedate   

vt.填早...的日期，早干，先干

参考例句：

• The Invoice be antedate to january 1st.将该发票日期填早到1月1日。
• The cold weather antedate ed their departure.寒冷的天气使他们提前离开。

5 antedated   

v.（在历史上）比…为早( antedate的过去式和过去分词 )；先于；早于；（在信、支票等上）填写比实际日期早的日期

参考例句：

• That event antedated World War Ⅱ. 那事件发生在第二次世界大战之前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hot weather antedated my departure for Beidaihe. 炎热的天气使我提前动身前往北戴河。 来自互联网

6 antedates   

v.（在历史上）比…为早( antedate的第三人称单数 )；先于；早于；（在信、支票等上）填写比实际日期早的日期

参考例句：

• This event antedates the discovery of America by several centuries. 这件事比发现美洲早几个世纪。 来自辞典例句
• This old carriage antedates the invention of the car. 这辆旧马车是在汽车发明前就存在的。 来自互联网

7 postgraduate   

adj.大学毕业后的，大学研究院的；n.研究生

参考例句：

• I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.我没有写上我有硕士学位。
• After college,Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.大学毕业后， 玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。