Afternoon is an English word, a noun, translated as "Afternoon, Afternoon", and the word is pronounced English/ι: ft? Nu:n/, beautiful/? ft？ Nu: I don't know. The period from noon to sunset is translated into afternoon, and the plural afternoon refers to repeated afternoons, which plays an important role. In written language, it can be extended to the meaning of "the second half, the second half"

Generally speaking, the preposition in is used to mean "in the afternoon", but when there is a modifier before the afternoon, such as "afternoon of a certain day" or "afternoon of a week", when there is an adverbial of time before on, it can also be replaced by in.

Word usage

In the afternoon, when used with such determiners, such as this, that, yesterday, tomorrow, each, all, etc. , equivalent to an adverb phrase, without preposition in front. When you make an adverbial in the afternoon, you don't need a preposition in front. Afternoon consists of two words, after and noon, which often appear in the form of in the after afternoon, meaning "in the afternoon" or in the afternoon.

Sometimes, afternoon can't be put before in or on, such as this afternoon and yesterday afternoon. On the afternoon refers to a certain afternoon or a specific afternoon, and in the afternoon refers to a repeated afternoon, which makes the afternoon concrete and plays an important role.