post-war

IPA/ˌpəʊst ˈwɔː(r)/
IPA/ˌpəʊst ˈwɔːr/

post-war — 形容詞

1. connected with the time, society, and conditions that follow a large-scale war —

1.形容詞B1
釋義

戰後

戰爭結束之後的時期或事物

connected with the time, society, and conditions that follow a large-scale war — particularly World War I and World War II, including the rebuilding and social changes those conflicts set in motion.

例句

Many European cities were rebuilt during the post-war period.

許多歐洲城市在戰後時期進行了重建。

before noun usage: post-war + period / era / years

The post-war economy in Japan grew quickly with American help.

日本的戰後經濟在美國的援助下快速成長。

常見搭配
  • post-war period
  • post-war era
  • post-war years
  • post-war generation
  • post-war reconstruction
  • post-war economy
  • post-war society
  • post-war art
  • post-war architecture
同義詞
  • post-conflict

    broader term that includes civil wars and smaller conflicts; more formal

  • postbellum

    very formal, used mainly for the US Civil War period in American history

反義詞
  • pre-war

    opposite — the time before a war

  • wartime

    during, not after, the war

文法句型

post-war + noun

用法筆記

Usually placed before a noun. The opposite is 'pre-war'. When referring to a specific historical period, it may be capitalised ('the Post-war era'), though lowercase is more common in general writing.

常見錯誤

She was born in post-war.
She was born in the post-war period.
'post-war' is an adjective; it must modify a noun and cannot stand alone as a noun phrase.
post-war the conflict, the city grew
After the war, the city grew.
'post-war' is not a preposition. Use 'after the war' for the adverbial meaning.

同根字

  • postwar
    形容詞B1
  • pre-war
    形容詞B1
  • wartime
    名詞B1
  • war
    名詞A2

常見搭配

常用片語

  • the post-war period
  • the post-war years
  • post-war reconstruction