Question

有没有这回事：过去时中 表示 “几天之后”一般用 after,而现在时和将来时一般用 later?

Answer 1

1）after表示以过去的某一时间为起点,“过……之后”,其后既可接时间点,又可接时间段.但是,如果after用于一般将来时,那么其后应接时间点.如：

He left there after two o'clock that afternoon．那天下午两点以后,他离开了那儿.

They started to go again after two days．两天以后,他们又走了.

I think he'll come here after three o'clock．我想他三点钟后将来这儿.

2）later指“以后”、“后来”,可以指过去,也可指将来,是副词,常常放在时间段的名词之后.如：

Three days later he got to Beijing．

＝After three days he got to Beijing．他三天以后到达了北京.