| 单词 | follow |
| 释义 | followfollowsfollowedfollowingfollowfollow /ˈfɒləʊ $ ˈfɑːloʊ/ verb1walk/drive behind [intransitive and transitive] to walk or drive behind someone: If you follow me, I’ll show you to your room.请跟我来﹐我带你去你的房间。She thought someone was following her.thinkbefollow她觉得有人在跟踪她。follow somebody into/to etc somethingShe followed me into the kitchen.follow她跟着我走进厨房。followed by somebody/somethingA woman came in, closely followed by three children.comefollowchild一个女人走进来﹐后面紧紧跟着三个小孩子。2happen after [intransitive and transitive] to happen immediately after something else: The agreement followed months of negotiations.followmonthnegotiation经过数月谈判﹐达成了协议。In the years that followed, their friendship turned to love.yearfollowturn随后的几年里﹐他们的友谊变成了爱情。followed by somethinga meeting followed by lunchmeetfollow午饭前的一次会议there follows somethingAfter years of fighting, there followed a period of peace.yearfightfollow连年战争之后﹐出现了一段和平时期。3do what somebody says [transitive] to do something in the way that someone has told or advised you: I followed his advice.follow我听从了他的建议。Did you follow the instructions?doinstruction你是按照说明做的吗？THESAURUS obey4do the same thing [intransitive and transitive] to do the same thing as someone else: Budget airlines have been so successful that other airlines have been forced to follow suit (=do the same thing) and lower their fares.airlinebeairlinebeforcelowfare廉价航空公司十分成功﹐其他的航空公司只得仿效﹐降低票价。follow sb’s example/leadOther countries should follow their lead.countryshall其他国家应该仿效他们的做法。Jane followed in her father’s footsteps (=did the same job as her father) by becoming a doctor.followfootstepbecome简继承父亲的衣钵﹐当了一名医生。5be interested [transitive] to be interested in the progress of something: Have you been following that crime series on television?befollow你一直在看电视上的那部警匪连续剧吗？6road/path/river [transitive] to continue on a road or path, or beside a river: Follow the road for about 600m.顺这条路走大约 600 米。The road follows the river for six miles.followmil这条路沿河延伸六英里。7understand [intransitive and transitive] informal to understand something: Sorry, I don’t follow you.对不起﹐我不明白你说的话。easy/difficult to followThe recipes are easy to follow.recipebe这本食谱很容易看懂。THESAURUS understand8be true [transitive] if something follows, it is true because of something else that is truefollow fromTwo conclusions follow from this.conclusion由此得出两个结论。It doesn’t necessarily follow that you will earn a lot of money if you’re a graduate.即使你是大学毕业生﹐也不能说就一定挣大钱。Phrasesas follows used to introduce a list of things: The winners are as follows: in first place, Tony Gwynn; in second place ...winnerbefollow优胜者如下: 第一名东尼∙格温﹔第二名…Phrasal verbsfollow somebody around phrasal verb to follow someone everywhere they go: He followed them around with a camera.follow他拿着照相机到处跟着他们。follow through phrasal verb to do what needs to be done to complete something or make it successfulfollow something ↔ throughHarry started training as an actor, but he never followed it through.starttrainfollow哈里开始接受演员培训﹐但他没能坚持到底。follow something ↔ up phrasal verb1to find out more about something: I saw an advert in the paper and I decided to follow it up.seedecide我在报纸上看到一则广告﹐决定进一步了解情况。2to do something in addition to what you have already done: If you don’t get any response to your letter, follow it up with a phone call.如果你的信没有回音﹐再打个电话跟进一下。THESAURUS: followfollow to walk or drive behind someone: I followed him downstairs.followI think that car’s following us.followThe man had followed her home to find out where she lived.havefollowlivechase to run or drive fast after someone in order to catch them when they are trying to escape: The boy ran off but I chased him and caught him.runchasecatchrun after somebody to run in order to stop or talk to someone who has just left: Sarah ran after him and begged him to come back home.runbegpursue to follow someone in a very determined way in order to catch or attack them. Pursue sounds rather formal: He said he would pursue the men until they were caught.saywillmanbecatchtail to follow someone secretly in order to see what they do and where they go: The police had been tailing the robbers in an unmarked car.havebetailrobberstalk to follow a person or animal quietly and secretly in order to attack or kill them: She thought that the man was stalking her.thinkbestalkA tiger stalks its prey. (=the animal that it hunts for food)stalk |
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