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aftermath 后果，余波

after,在后。-math,割草，拟声词，同mow。原指割的第二遍草，即质量比较差的草，引申比喻义后果，余波。

aftermath: aftermath: [16] Originally, and literally, an aftermath was a second crop of grass or similar grazing vegetation, grown after an earlier crop in the same season had been harvested. Already by the mid 17th century it had taken on the figurative connotations of ‘resulting condition’ which are today its only living sense. The -math element comes from Old English mǣth ‘mowing’, a noun descended from the Germanic base *mǣ, source of English mow.
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aftermath (n.): 1520s, originally a second crop of grass grown after the first had been harvested, from after + -math, a dialectal word, from Old English mæð "a mowing, cutting of grass" (see math (n.2)). Figurative sense by 1650s. Compare French regain "aftermath," from re- + Old French gain, gaain "grass which grows in meadows that have been mown," from Frankish or some other Germanic source similar to Old High German weida "grass, pasture"

1. A lot of rebuilding took place in the aftermath of the war.: 战后进行了大量的重建工作。

2. In the aftermath of the hurricane, many people's homes were destroyed.: 飓风的后果是许多人的房屋被毁.

3. In the immediate aftermath of the riots, a mood of hope and reconciliation sprang up.: 暴乱过后紧接着出现了期待未来与盼望和解的气氛。

4. This old gentleman is to deal with the aftermath of the traffic accident.: 这位老先生负责处理这次车祸的善后工作.

5. During the Soviet era and its immediate aftermath, the region was officially known as "Middle Asia and Kazakhstan".: 在苏联时代和紧随其后的一段时期，该地区的官方名称为“中亚和哈萨克斯坦”。