后来[hòu lái] ：afterwards; later; then: 1、后来我们喝了几杯。 We had a few drinks afterwards. 后来怎么样? What happened afterwards? 2、她丈夫后来接受了颅骨骨折治疗。 Her husband was later treated for a fractured skull. 这一做法最初见于2010年，用于稳定希腊市场，后来也在西班牙和意大利用过。 The technique was first used to stabilize the Greek markets in 2010 and later used in Spain and Italy. 3、他到了上海，后来又到了杭州。 He went to Shanghai and then to HangZhou. 他已写信给《泰晤士报》了，更让人受不了的是居然后来还同意接受电视台采访。 He had written to The Times and then, much more unacceptably, allowed himself to be interviewed on television.

"后来"has 2 meanings, "later" and "from then on".It often means after a relatively long period of time past. 1.later: 有个人嘲笑我，后来他就死了。 Somebody laughed at me, later he died. 2.from then on: 有个人嘲笑我, 后来我就再也没有见过他了。 Somebody laughed at me, and I've never seen him again from then on.

不知道为什么，我怎么总觉得英语的afterwards, then, later都和汉语的”后来“有差别，那些更象汉语的”于是、那么，然后、因而、在那时、随后的，稍后的“总之就和”后来“不是那么一回事。

hi later or afterwards （后来）means a period after a specific event or time. E.g 我们分手了。后来，我总算学会了如何去爱，可惜你早已消失在人海。 we broke up, after which, i knew how to love but regretfully you disappear in the world. 黄晓明，立志成为一个科学家，后来，长大后却成为一个演员。 Huang xiao ming, wanted to be a scientist, afterwards, he became an actor when he grown up.