(戰(zhàn)爭, 事故, 不快事情的)后果, 創(chuàng)傷

A result of an event; an aftermath. 后果事件的結(jié)果; 后果

Life was much harder in the aftermath of the war. 戰(zhàn)禍之后，生活艱苦多了。

A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath. 后果由一事件造成的一系列結(jié)果; 后果

The aftermath of war brought a financial boom. 戰(zhàn)爭帶來了財政經(jīng)濟的興旺發(fā)展。

Famine as an aftermath of drought. 旱災后是饑荒