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Hereafter is a formal word meaning "from this point on" or "after this," often used in official documents, contracts, or serious writing ("the company, hereafter called 'the Seller'..."). As a noun, "the hereafter" means life after death, especially in religious or spiritual talk.
（正式）此後、以後；（名詞）來世、身後
組成here + after — the point we are at, plus the time that comes after it.
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- thereafterbuilt the same way as hereafter — 'there' + 'after' — meaning after that point in time
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hereafteradv/hɪɹˈæftɚ/
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From now on.
- I WON'T give you any excuse hereafter for accusing me of neglecting to write. It is you that must take care that with all your leisure you keep up with me.
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Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
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datedIn time to come; in some future time or state.
- She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word.
- […] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […]
hereafternoun/hɪɹˈæftɚ/
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A future existence or state.
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Existence after death.
- 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; / 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / and intimates eternity to man.
hereafteradj/hɪɹˈæftɚ/
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archaicFuture.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。