thereafter
TOEFLその後・それ以降
意味
- その後(after that)
例文
Thereafter we heard no more from him.
その後彼からは便りが無かった。
Thereafter, he was gradually promoted until he became company president.
彼はその後、累進して社長にまで進んだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there + after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).