afterword

IPA/ˈɑːftəwɜːd/
IPA/ˈæftərwɜːrd/

afterword — noun

1. a short piece printed after a book's main text, often adding reflection, explana

1.名詞C1
釋義

a short piece printed after a book's main text, often adding reflection, explanation, or later comment on what the reader has just finished, and sometimes contributed by someone other than the main author

例句

At the end of the memoir, Salma thanks her translators in the afterword.

in the afterword at the book's end

The new edition includes an afterword by Eve about the trial's aftermath.

afterword by [person]

同義詞
  • epilogue

    often closes the story itself, while an afterword usually comments on the work from outside the narrative

  • postscript

    usually shorter and more informal than an afterword

  • closing note

    broader and less book-specific than afterword

反義詞
  • foreword

    an opening note placed before the main text

  • preface

    an author's introductory note at the front of a book

  • prologue

    an opening section, especially in fiction or drama

文法句型

afterword by [person]

in the afterword

write an afterword

用法筆記

Common in books and later editions. An afterword looks back from the end of the work, while a foreword appears before the main text and an epilogue is often part of the story itself.

常見錯誤

❌I skipped the foreword at the back of the book.
✅I skipped the afterword at the back of the book.
💡a foreword comes before the main text; an afterword comes after it.
❌The author added an afterword before chapter one.
✅The author added a preface before chapter one.
💡an afterword belongs after the book's main text, not before it.