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in the wake of something idiom If something happens in the wake of something else, it happens after and often because of it: 作为…的后果;随…之后而来 Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday's bomb attacks.昨天的炸弹袭击发生之后,机场安检变得格外严格。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Before, after and already afore afterwards already ante as it isidiom before heel immediate in advanceidiom in advance of something/someoneidiom next posterior previous prior priorly prologue quondam the next but oneidiom upstream wake
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