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follow v.跟随；追赶；紧接着；注意；遵循；沿着；明白 (1) 小男孩跟随他父亲出去了。(2) 他们炸毁了桥梁,使敌人无法追赶他们。(3) 如果你忽视自己的饮食，必然会遇到麻烦(4) 他注意听着裁判的每句话。(5) 沿着这条路走到拐角处,然后向左转。(6) 我不太明白，你能再解释一下吗？ If you follow something, such as line of argument, that means you understand it. If you follow through on something, such as a diet, that means you stick to it. Follow can also describe a sequence of events. Your election as class president might follow a scandal involving your opponent. Follow can also mean something is a logical consequence of something else. It follows that having read these examples you now understand the various meanings of follow. You follow me?

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英 ['fɒləʊ] 美 ['fɑːloʊ] (1) The little boy followed his father out.(2) They blew up the bridge so that the enemy couldn't follow them.(3) If you ignore your diet, trouble will follow.(4) He followed every word of the trial.(5) Follow this road until you get to the corner, then turn left.(6) I didn't quite follow; could you explain it again? Do you know when orange is the new black? When pleats are in style? Then you must follow fashion — you observe it closely. Follow can also mean you trail along behind someone. You might follow your brother to school. 1[VERB 动词]跟随；跟着 If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place.   [V n prep/adv]  [V n]  [V]  [Also V after n]We followed him up the steps into a large hall...我们跟着他上楼来到一个很大的大厅。Please follow me, madam...请跟我来，夫人。They took him into a small room and I followed.他们把他带到一个小房间，我跟了进去。2[VERB 动词]尾随；跟踪 If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them without their knowledge, in order to catch them or find out where they are going.   [V n]She realized that the Mercedes was following her...她意识到那辆奔驰在跟踪她。I think we're being followed.我想我们被跟踪了。3[VERB 动词]追随 If you follow someone to a place where they have recently gone and where they are now, you go to join them there.   [V n to n]He followed Janice to New York, where she was preparing an exhibition.他追随贾尼丝到了纽约，她正在那里准备一个展览。4[VERB 动词]接着…发生；在…后发生 An event, activity, or period of time that follows a particular thing happens or comes after that thing, at a later time.   [V n]  [V]  [V-ed]...the rioting and looting that followed the verdict...判决宣布之后发生的暴乱和抢劫I remember nothing else about the days following Daddy's death...父亲去世之后那几天我不记得有什么其他事了。He was arrested in the confusion which followed...他在之后的混乱中被捕。Other problems may follow...其他的问题可能会接踵而至。Eyewitnesses spoke of a noise followed by a huge red light.目击者说响声过后出现了一道耀眼的红光。5[VERB 动词]在…后做(或说) If you follow one thing with another, you do or say the second thing after you have done or said the first thing.   [V n with n]  [V n P with n]  [Also V P n (not pron) with n]Her first major role was in Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas' and she followed this with a part in Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever'.她主演的第一部影片是马丁·斯科塞斯的《好家伙》，之后接拍了斯派克·李的《丛林热》。Follow up means the same as follow .follow up 同 followThe book proved such a success that the authors followed it up with 'The Messianic Legacy'.这本书取得了巨大的成功，作者于是又推出一部《弥赛亚的遗产》。6[VERB 动词]可以推断出；由此得出 If it follows that a particular thing is the case, that thing is a logical result of something else being true or being the case.   [it V that]  [V]  [V from n]Just because a bird does not breed one year, it does not follow that it will fail the next...不能因为一只鸟某一年没有繁殖就断定它第二年也不会繁殖。If the explanation is right, two things follow...如果解释是正确的，可以推断出两件事。It is easy to see the conclusions described in the text follow from this equation.很容易可以看出文中所述的结论是由这个方程式推出的。7[VERB 动词](文章或讲演)接下来是，后面的是，下面是 If you refer to the words that follow or followed, you are referring to the words that come next or came next in a piece of writing or speech.   [V]  [there V n]  [be V-ed by n]What follows is an eyewitness account...接下来的是目击者的陈述。There followed a list of places where Hans intended to visit...下面列出的是汉斯打算游览的地点。General analysis is followed by five case studies.综合分析之后是5个个案研究。8[VERB 动词]循着，沿着(道路、标志等) If you follow a path, route, or set of signs, you go somewhere using the path, route, or signs to direct you.   [V n]  [V n prep/adv]If they followed the road, they would be certain to reach a village...如果他们沿着这条路走，就一定会到达一个村庄。All we had to do was follow the map...我们所要做的就是按照地图走。I followed the signs to Metrocity.我循着指示标志找到了地铁城购物中心。9[VERB 动词](小径、河流等)沿着，经过 If something such as a path or river follows a particular route or line, it goes along that route or line.   [V n]Our route follows the Pacific coast through densely populated neighbourhoods...我们的路线沿着太平洋海岸，途经人口稠密的街区。The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course.洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。10[VERB 动词]注视(运动物体)；(眼睛)跟随着 If you follow something with your eyes, or if your eyes follow it, you watch it as it moves or you look along its route or course.   [V n]Ann's eyes followed a police car as it drove slowly past.安注视着一辆缓缓驶过的警车。11[VERB 动词]按照…方式发展；以…方式发生 Something that follows a particular course of development happens or develops in that way.   [V n]His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.最终他的获释方式也和其他 6名人质的获释如出一辙。12[VERB 动词]接受，遵循(建议、指示等)；按(菜谱)进行 If you follow advice, an instruction, or a recipe, you act or do something in the way that it indicates.   [V n]Take care to follow the instructions carefully...注意严格按照说明进行。No two chefs follow the same recipe.每个厨师都有不同的烹饪方式。13[VERB 动词]仿效；效仿 If you follow what someone else has done, you do it too because you think it is a good thing or because you want to copy them.   [V n]  [V]His admiration for the athlete did not extend to the point where he would follow his example in taking drugs...他对于这个运动员的崇拜还没有达到要学他吸毒的程度。Where eastern Germany goes the rest will surely follow.东德怎样做，其他地方一定会效仿。14[VERB 动词]沿袭；继承 If you follow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously.   [V n]  [V n into n]He followed his father and became a surgeon...他子承父业，成为了一名外科医生。Anni-Frid's son has followed her into the music business.安妮-弗瑞德的儿子子承母业，也进入了音乐圈。15[VERB 动词]理解，跟得上(解释或故事情节) If you are able to follow something such as an explanation or the story of a film, you understand it as it continues and develops.   [V n]  [V]Can you follow the plot so far?...目前为止剧情你能看得懂吗？I'm afraid I don't follow.恐怕我没明白。16[VERB 动词]追踪；对…感兴趣；关注 If you follow something, you take an interest in it and keep informed about what happens.   [V n]...the millions of people who follow football because they genuinely love it...数以百万计的人关注足球，因为他们发自内心地热爱足球She was following Laura's progress closely.她密切关注着劳拉的进展。17[VERB 动词]以…为原型；讲述…的故事 A story, film, or television programme that follows someone or something is about their experiences over a particular period of time.   [V n]The film follows the fortunes of two women.这部电影讲述了两个女人的命运。18[VERB 动词](欣赏节目的同时)对照看(脚本或乐谱) If you follow a score or written copy of a play, you read it while you listen to it being performed.   [V n]...an annotated version of Mozart's opera that allows the listener to follow the score.使听者能够一边欣赏一边对照着看的莫扎特歌剧的注释乐谱19[VERB 动词]See also:following；信奉；追随；支持；拥护 If you follow a particular religion or political belief, you have that religion or belief.   [V n]'Do you follow any particular religion?' — 'Yes, we're all Hindus.'“你们有自己的宗教信仰吗？”——“是的，我们都是印度教徒。”20[PHRASE 短语]如下；分别是 You use as follows in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or explanation.   [v-link PHR]The winners are as follows: E. Walker； R. Foster； R. Gates； A. Mackintosh...优胜者分别是：E.沃克、R.福斯特、R.盖茨和A.麦金托什。This can be done if you proceed as follows.按照如下操作即可完成。21[PHRASE 短语]紧随其后；其次是 You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things.   [PHR n]Potatoes are still the most popular food, followed by white bread.马铃薯仍然是最受欢迎的食物，其次是白面包。22[PHRASE 短语]下一道菜 After mentioning one course of a meal, you can mention the next course by saying what you will have to follow or what there will be to follow .   [n PHR]He decided on roast chicken and vegetables, with apple pie to follow.他决定点烤鸡配蔬菜，然后是苹果派。23 to follow in someone's footsteps→see: footstep； 24 to follow your nose→see: nose； 25 to follow suit→see: suit； 26[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]探究；钻研；深入研究 If you follow through an action, plan, or idea or follow through with it, you continue doing or thinking about it until you have done everything possible.   [V P n (not pron)]  [V n P]  [V P with n/-ing]  [Also V P]The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas...领导层不愿意对这些想法的含意进行深入探究。I was trained to be an actress but I didn't follow it through...我接受过演员培训，但是我没有坚持下去。He decided to follow through with his original plan.他决定把最初的计划执行到底。27[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]See also:follow 5；follow-up；追查；将…深入下去；对…采取进一步行动 If you follow up something that has been said, suggested, or discovered, you try to find out more about it or take action about it.   [V P n (not pron)]  [V n P]State security police are following up several leads...国家安全警察正在追查几条线索。An officer took a statement from me, but no one's bothered to follow it up.一位警官收集了我的供述，但却没有人愿意追查下去。相关词组：follow through follow up

英语单词	follow
英美音标	英 ['fɒləʊ] 美 ['fɑːloʊ]
中文释义	v.跟随；追赶；紧接着；注意；遵循；沿着；明白
英语例句	(1) The little boy followed his father out. (2) They blew up the bridge so that the enemy couldn't follow them. (3) If you ignore your diet, trouble will follow. (4) He followed every word of the trial. (5) Follow this road until you get to the corner, then turn left. (6) I didn't quite follow; could you explain it again?
中文例句	(1) 小男孩跟随他父亲出去了。 (2) 他们炸毁了桥梁,使敌人无法追赶他们。 (3) 如果你忽视自己的饮食，必然会遇到麻烦 (4) 他注意听着裁判的每句话。 (5) 沿着这条路走到拐角处,然后向左转。 (6) 我不太明白，你能再解释一下吗？
vocabulary简明	Do you know when orange is the new black? When pleats are in style? Then you must follow fashion — you observe it closely. Follow can also mean you trail along behind someone. You might follow your brother to school.
vocabulary扩展	If you follow something, such as line of argument, that means you understand it. If you follow through on something, such as a diet, that means you stick to it. Follow can also describe a sequence of events. Your election as class president might follow a scandal involving your opponent. Follow can also mean something is a logical consequence of something else. It follows that having read these examples you now understand the various meanings of follow. You follow me?
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]跟随；跟着 If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place. [V n prep/adv] [V n] [V] [Also V after n] We followed him up the steps into a large hall... 我们跟着他上楼来到一个很大的大厅。 Please follow me, madam... 请跟我来，夫人。 They took him into a small room and I followed. 他们把他带到一个小房间，我跟了进去。 2 [VERB 动词]尾随；跟踪 If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them without their knowledge, in order to catch them or find out where they are going. [V n] She realized that the Mercedes was following her... 她意识到那辆奔驰在跟踪她。 I think we're being followed. 我想我们被跟踪了。 3 [VERB 动词]追随 If you follow someone to a place where they have recently gone and where they are now, you go to join them there. [V n to n] He followed Janice to New York, where she was preparing an exhibition. 他追随贾尼丝到了纽约，她正在那里准备一个展览。 4 [VERB 动词]接着…发生；在…后发生 An event, activity, or period of time that follows a particular thing happens or comes after that thing, at a later time. [V n] [V] [V-ed] ...the rioting and looting that followed the verdict... 判决宣布之后发生的暴乱和抢劫 I remember nothing else about the days following Daddy's death... 父亲去世之后那几天我不记得有什么其他事了。 He was arrested in the confusion which followed... 他在之后的混乱中被捕。 Other problems may follow... 其他的问题可能会接踵而至。 Eyewitnesses spoke of a noise followed by a huge red light. 目击者说响声过后出现了一道耀眼的红光。 5 [VERB 动词]在…后做(或说) If you follow one thing with another, you do or say the second thing after you have done or said the first thing. [V n with n] [V n P with n] [Also V P n (not pron) with n] Her first major role was in Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas' and she followed this with a part in Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever'. 她主演的第一部影片是马丁·斯科塞斯的《好家伙》，之后接拍了斯派克·李的《丛林热》。 Follow up means the same as follow .follow up 同 follow The book proved such a success that the authors followed it up with 'The Messianic Legacy'. 这本书取得了巨大的成功，作者于是又推出一部《弥赛亚的遗产》。 6 [VERB 动词]可以推断出；由此得出 If it follows that a particular thing is the case, that thing is a logical result of something else being true or being the case. [it V that] [V] [V from n] Just because a bird does not breed one year, it does not follow that it will fail the next... 不能因为一只鸟某一年没有繁殖就断定它第二年也不会繁殖。 If the explanation is right, two things follow... 如果解释是正确的，可以推断出两件事。 It is easy to see the conclusions described in the text follow from this equation. 很容易可以看出文中所述的结论是由这个方程式推出的。 7 [VERB 动词](文章或讲演)接下来是，后面的是，下面是 If you refer to the words that follow or followed, you are referring to the words that come next or came next in a piece of writing or speech. [V] [there V n] [be V-ed by n] What follows is an eyewitness account... 接下来的是目击者的陈述。 There followed a list of places where Hans intended to visit... 下面列出的是汉斯打算游览的地点。 General analysis is followed by five case studies. 综合分析之后是5个个案研究。 8 [VERB 动词]循着，沿着(道路、标志等) If you follow a path, route, or set of signs, you go somewhere using the path, route, or signs to direct you. [V n] [V n prep/adv] If they followed the road, they would be certain to reach a village... 如果他们沿着这条路走，就一定会到达一个村庄。 All we had to do was follow the map... 我们所要做的就是按照地图走。 I followed the signs to Metrocity. 我循着指示标志找到了地铁城购物中心。 9 [VERB 动词](小径、河流等)沿着，经过 If something such as a path or river follows a particular route or line, it goes along that route or line. [V n] Our route follows the Pacific coast through densely populated neighbourhoods... 我们的路线沿着太平洋海岸，途经人口稠密的街区。 The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course. 洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。 10 [VERB 动词]注视(运动物体)；(眼睛)跟随着 If you follow something with your eyes, or if your eyes follow it, you watch it as it moves or you look along its route or course. [V n] Ann's eyes followed a police car as it drove slowly past. 安注视着一辆缓缓驶过的警车。 11 [VERB 动词]按照…方式发展；以…方式发生 Something that follows a particular course of development happens or develops in that way. [V n] His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages. 最终他的获释方式也和其他 6名人质的获释如出一辙。 12 [VERB 动词]接受，遵循(建议、指示等)；按(菜谱)进行 If you follow advice, an instruction, or a recipe, you act or do something in the way that it indicates. [V n] Take care to follow the instructions carefully... 注意严格按照说明进行。 No two chefs follow the same recipe. 每个厨师都有不同的烹饪方式。 13 [VERB 动词]仿效；效仿 If you follow what someone else has done, you do it too because you think it is a good thing or because you want to copy them. [V n] [V] His admiration for the athlete did not extend to the point where he would follow his example in taking drugs... 他对于这个运动员的崇拜还没有达到要学他吸毒的程度。 Where eastern Germany goes the rest will surely follow. 东德怎样做，其他地方一定会效仿。 14 [VERB 动词]沿袭；继承 If you follow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously. [V n] [V n into n] He followed his father and became a surgeon... 他子承父业，成为了一名外科医生。 Anni-Frid's son has followed her into the music business. 安妮-弗瑞德的儿子子承母业，也进入了音乐圈。 15 [VERB 动词]理解，跟得上(解释或故事情节) If you are able to follow something such as an explanation or the story of a film, you understand it as it continues and develops. [V n] [V] Can you follow the plot so far?... 目前为止剧情你能看得懂吗？ I'm afraid I don't follow. 恐怕我没明白。 16 [VERB 动词]追踪；对…感兴趣；关注 If you follow something, you take an interest in it and keep informed about what happens. [V n] ...the millions of people who follow football because they genuinely love it... 数以百万计的人关注足球，因为他们发自内心地热爱足球 She was following Laura's progress closely. 她密切关注着劳拉的进展。 17 [VERB 动词]以…为原型；讲述…的故事 A story, film, or television programme that follows someone or something is about their experiences over a particular period of time. [V n] The film follows the fortunes of two women. 这部电影讲述了两个女人的命运。 18 [VERB 动词](欣赏节目的同时)对照看(脚本或乐谱) If you follow a score or written copy of a play, you read it while you listen to it being performed. [V n] ...an annotated version of Mozart's opera that allows the listener to follow the score. 使听者能够一边欣赏一边对照着看的莫扎特歌剧的注释乐谱 19 [VERB 动词]See also:following ；信奉；追随；支持；拥护 If you follow a particular religion or political belief, you have that religion or belief. [V n] 'Do you follow any particular religion?' — 'Yes, we're all Hindus.' “你们有自己的宗教信仰吗？”——“是的，我们都是印度教徒。” 20 [PHRASE 短语]如下；分别是 You use as follows in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or explanation. [v-link PHR] The winners are as follows: E. Walker； R. Foster； R. Gates； A. Mackintosh... 优胜者分别是：E.沃克、R.福斯特、R.盖茨和A.麦金托什。 This can be done if you proceed as follows. 按照如下操作即可完成。 21 [PHRASE 短语]紧随其后；其次是 You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things. [PHR n] Potatoes are still the most popular food, followed by white bread. 马铃薯仍然是最受欢迎的食物，其次是白面包。 22 [PHRASE 短语]下一道菜 After mentioning one course of a meal, you can mention the next course by saying what you will have to follow or what there will be to follow . [n PHR] He decided on roast chicken and vegetables, with apple pie to follow. 他决定点烤鸡配蔬菜，然后是苹果派。 23 to follow in someone's footsteps→see: footstep ； 24 to follow your nose→see: nose ； 25 to follow suit→see: suit ； 26 [PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]探究；钻研；深入研究 If you follow through an action, plan, or idea or follow through with it, you continue doing or thinking about it until you have done everything possible. [V P n (not pron)] [V n P] [V P with n/-ing] [Also V P] The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas... 领导层不愿意对这些想法的含意进行深入探究。 I was trained to be an actress but I didn't follow it through... 我接受过演员培训，但是我没有坚持下去。 He decided to follow through with his original plan. 他决定把最初的计划执行到底。 27 [PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]See also:follow 5 ；follow-up ；追查；将…深入下去；对…采取进一步行动 If you follow up something that has been said, suggested, or discovered, you try to find out more about it or take action about it. [V P n (not pron)] [V n P] State security police are following up several leads... 国家安全警察正在追查几条线索。 An officer took a statement from me, but no one's bothered to follow it up. 一位警官收集了我的供述，但却没有人愿意追查下去。相关词组： follow through follow up

Follow [V N Verb 动词 Ed I Thing