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| Processed by: | richwarm (2017-01-11 21:38:51 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 53236 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> K I couldn't find an example where it meant "in future" (from now on) or "in the future" -- it was always "later" or "afterwards" (as K suggests). Examples where it means "later" or "afterwards" but not "in future" or "in the future": We pointed out later that it was not right to pour cold water, so we countered with a committee for promoting progress. 后头我们说不应当泼冷水，就来一个促进会。 Later when the imperialists struck a few blows and a few more came from inside the international communist movement, even Khrushchov had to change his tune somewhat, and so they swung back to this side again. 后头帝国主义几棍子，国际共产主义运动内部几棍子，连赫鲁晓夫的腔调都不得不有所改变，他们又摇过来了。 半永久染只能維持二、三個月，永久染雖然不會褪色，但麻煩的是，一、二個月後頭髮長了，染過的和新長的頭髮便呈現兩截不同顏色，除非不在意，否則只好一再重複染髮。 Semi-permanent dyes last three to four months. Permanent dyes, on the other hand, don't fade, but after a month or two, the roots, with your natural color, will become obvious. Unless you don't mind this two-tone effect, you'll have to dye your hair repeatedly. 酒精濃度高達76％（國外的威士忌約70％），但卻不會讓人酒醒後頭痛欲裂。 Though this spirit has an alcohol content of 76% (versus 70% for foreign whiskies), it is less likely to leave tipplers with a hangover. ------------------------------------- Editor: Yves wrote: "It sounded to me that your main argument was that 后头 cannot refer to the future (from now), but only to the future-in-the-past; that's what later/afterwards suggest to me; and your examples were all in the past. Is that in fact not your argument?" No, my argument was that 1) "in future" means "from now on" 2) 后头 never means "from now on" Here is Merriam-Webster's definition of "in future": (British) from now on; from this time onward <He promises to do better in future.> The expression "in the future", on the other hand, is not so problematic as a gloss for 后头. "in the future" can mean "at a future point in time". See https://jakubmarian.com/in-the-future-vs-in-future-in-british-and-american-english/ |
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- 後頭 后头 [hou4 tou5] /behind/in the back/the rear side/later/in future/ # + 後頭 后头 [hou4 tou5] /behind/the back/the rear/later/afterwards/ + 後頭 后头 [hou4 tou5] /behind/the back/the rear/later/afterwards/(in) the future/ |