after和behind用来表地点时,前的是顺序的先后,而后侧重方向和位置的前后关。请比较:The student sat after me.那个学生坐在我后面。(我坐在他前面)。The student sat behind me.那学生坐在我背后。after与behind用指时间时,前时间的先后顺序,而后则着重表示“落后……”或“迟……”的概念。试比较:Who ruled after James I?詹姆斯一世之后是谁统治的?You are forty minutes behind sch at the back of这个前置词短语既可指具体的位置的先后,又可用指抽象的概念。
1.There is a vocabulary at the back of our English book.
我们英语课本的后面附有词汇表。
2.Make your exit through the door at the back of the stage.
请你从舞台后面的门退场。
3.There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.
在这一行背后有险恶的阴谋。
4.The issue has been lingering at the back of my mind for a long time.
长期以来这个问题一直在我的脑海里萦绕。
5.Wisdom teeth are molers molars, or shoeing chewing teeth at the back of the mouth.
智齿是在嘴巴后方的臼齿或嚼牙。
6.A schoolboy at the back of the room piped up with a remark that made the audience laugh.
教室后面的一个学生突然高声说了句话, 惹得听众大笑起来。
7.The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a tablet at the back of the church.
死姓名都刻在教堂后面的一块石匾上以便后人铭记。
8.If you found someone loitering at the back of your house after dark,you might feel justified in bringing charges against him.
如果天黑后你发现有人在你房后游荡,你完全有理由控告他。
9.I mixed the white petals with mother’s cremains and then walked over to the mountain slope at the back of our garden then scattered them into the breeze.