afterthought

noun

1. 事后想法，事后添加的事物（常指未经周密考虑）
   a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned
   1. They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought .
      他们邀请杰克和萨拉不过是事后想起的补救办法。

1. N-COUNT 事后的想法;追加的事物
   If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.
   1. Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
      他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。

1. Almost as an afterthought he added that he missed her.
   他又几乎不假思索地补充说他想念她。
2. Pennsylvania voters originally thought their primary might be an afterthought in the campaign.
   宾夕法尼亚州选民原来以为自己州的初选可能是竞选活动的尾声。
3. A business lunch where food is an afterthought to intense dealmaking and negotiation.
   在工作午餐上，忙于紧张的交易和谈判而顾不上吃饭。
4. Unfortunately, security is one topic that is often dismissed or dealt with as an afterthought.
   不幸的是，安全性是一个常被忽略的主题，或者是在发生安全事故之后才想到的事情。
5. Support for DB2 specific features and optimizations was considered and incorporated as part of this design process& it was not an afterthought.
   它还考虑了对DB2特定特性和优化的支持，这成为设计过程中的一部分&不是后来补充的。
6. Service management and monitoring should be considered at Design-Time, not as an afterthought associated solely with IT operations.
   服务管理和监视应该是在设计时考虑的问题，不应该是只与IT操作相关联的后期问题。
7. Several patterns were applied to achieve this, although they were not applied as an afterthought.
   为了实现这一目标，有几种模式得到了应用，不过它们不是作为补救措施而应用的。
8. Many software product developers tackle the user interface last, adding it on as an afterthought.
   许多软件产品开发人员到最后再解决用户界面问题，把它作为一种事后来考虑的问题。
9. This is why open source has done well in programming tools, but desktops and user interfaces have often been an afterthought.
   这也是为何开源在编程工具方面做得很好，而桌面和用户界面则总是被置后考虑。
10. It is an afterthought ( or a "never-thought") rather than an integral planning consideration.
    这是一种事后聪明的做法（或者是“不考虑”），而不是整体的计划考虑。
11. Now, UNIX is a platform, and the architecture is mostly an afterthought.
    现在UNIX是一个平台，体系架构已经几乎成为一种回忆了。
12. Second, privacy is no longer an afterthought.
    第二，隐私已经不再是事后才想到的问题。
13. At Activiti, dealing with business processes in the context of software development is not an afterthought.
    在Activiti，在软件开发环境下处理业务流程不是可有可无的事情。
14. I met his wife, too. ( An afterthought.) I didn't much like her.
    我还见过他的夫人。（然后补充说）我不太喜欢她。
15. Search is now an afterthought in a market controlled by Google, and dial-up Internet is in terminal decline.
    面对谷歌（google）在搜索市场的控制地位，再想去开展搜索业务已成了放马后炮，而拨号联网业务更是日薄西山。
16. Would I just be an afterthought?
    还是对我只有追思会？
17. For most software projects, quality is an afterthought.
    对大多数软件项目而言，质量是马后炮。
18. In most basketball videogames up to this point, they have been more of an afterthought.
    在对待这一点上，大多数篮球游戏也不过就是提一提罢了。
19. Is performance an afterthought until someone at the right management level starts complaining?
    是不是实施只是马后炮，直到某个具有管理水平的人开始抱怨？
20. Finally, almost as an afterthought, he made a plea for calm and restraint on the streets.
    最后，几乎是马后炮，他请求街道上保持平衡与克制。
21. They had only added that to the form as an afterthought.
    他们仅把这作为补充加在了表格上。
22. The first appears to be an afterthought but good PR.
    第一条声明似乎是一种事后追加但是很好的公关。
23. Donors who fund climate change work usually treat media and communications support as an afterthought.
    资助气候变化工作的捐助者通常把支持媒体与传播视为一种额外的工作。
24. Hollywood has also benefited from growth in international markets that were once an afterthought.
    好莱坞还得益于以前不被重视的海外市场的增长。
25. He knew she had accepted without afterthought.
    他知道她未经思考就欣然接受邀请。
26. Oh, he added, as if it were an afterthought.
    哦，他补充说，因为如果它是一个事后的想法。
27. They must be planned along with all areas of the building, and not wedged in as an afterthought.
    这些应和建筑的其他区域在设计时一起考量，而不是之后再进行补救。
28. Too often, scalability is an afterthought or a reaction to an overloaded system.
    可惜可伸缩性往往只是在系统过载后才被想起。
29. This approach usually incorporates one of the most important assets of the modern enterprise-enterprise data as an afterthought.
    这种方法通常将现代企业最重要的资产之一&企业数据事后整合。
30. Mary was a bit of an afterthought her brothers and sisters are all much older than her.
    玛丽算是后添的&她哥哥姐姐都比她大得多。

noun

1. an addition that was not included in the original plan
   1. the garage was an afterthought

2. thinking again about a choice previously made
   1. he had second thoughts about his purchase

   Synonym:    reconsiderationsecond thoughtrethink