follow
- v.跟随;接受，遵循，听从（忠告、指示等）;接着是;跟着;沿着（道路、小径等）;理解，明白（说明或意思）;(指时间或顺序)在…后发生，因…而发生;密切注视;是…的必然结果;在…后做;沿着…延伸;涉及…生活;接受…为指导（或领导、榜样）;对…产生浓厚兴趣而关注;按…方式（或方向）发展
- n.跟随;(撞球)跟球;添菜
过去式： followed 现在分词： following 过去分词： followed 第三人称单数： follows
followverb
跟随 go after
跟随；跟着
to come or go after or behind sb/sth
He followed her into the house.
他跟随她走进房屋。
Follow me please. I'll show you the way.
请跟我走。我来给你带路。
I think we're being followed.
我认为有人跟踪我们。
She followed her mother into the medical profession.
她走她母亲的路，从事医务工作。
Wherever she led, they followed.
她引向哪里，他们就跟到哪里。
Sam walked in, with the rest of the boys following closely behind.
萨姆走了进来，其他男孩紧跟其后。
在…后发生 / 做 happen/do after
（指时间或顺序）在…后发生，因…而发生
to come after sth/sb else in time or order; to happen as a result of sth else
The first two classes are followed by a break of ten minutes.
上完头两节课，有十分钟的课间休息。
I remember little of the days that followed the accident.
那次事故以后的日子我记不大清楚了。
A period of unrest followed the president's resignation.
总统辞职之后有一段时期的动荡。
A detailed news report will follow shortly.
下面紧接着是详细的新闻报道。
There followed a short silence.
接着沉默了一会儿。
The opening hours are as follows …
营业时间如下…
A new proposal followed on from the discussions.
讨论出了一个新提案。
在…后做
to do sth after sth else
Follow your treatment with plenty of rest.
你治疗以后要多休息。
They follow up their March show with four UK dates next month.
他们在三月演出以后，就是下个月在英国的四场演出。
结果 be result
是…的必然结果
to be the logical result of sth
I don't see how that follows from what you've just said.
根据你刚才所说的，我不明白怎么会产生那样的结果。
If a = b and b = c it follows that a = c.
设a = b，b = c，则a = c。
一餐的部分 of part of meal
接着是；然后是；下一道是
to come or be eaten after another part
The main course was followed by fresh fruit.
主菜以后是新鲜水果。
I'll have soup and fish to follow .
我要汤，然后要鱼。
道路；小径 road/path
沿着（道路、小径等）
to go along a road, path, etc.
Follow this road until you get to the school, then turn left.
沿着这条路走到学校，然后向左拐。
沿着…延伸；与…平行
to go in the same direction as sth or parallel to sth
The lane follows the edge of a wood for about a mile.
小路沿树林边延伸约一英里。
忠告；指示 advice/instructions
接受，遵循，听从（忠告、指示等）
to accept advice, instructions, etc. and do what you have been told or shown to do
to follow a diet/recipe
按照规定饮食；采用规定食谱
He has trouble following simple instructions .
简单的指示他都难以照办。
Why didn't you follow my advice ?
你为什么不听我的劝告？
接受；效仿 accept/copy
接受…为指导（或领导、榜样）；追随；拥护；仿效
to accept sb/sth as a guide, a leader or an example; to copy sb/sth
They followed the teachings of Buddha.
他们信佛教。
He always followed the latest fashions (= dressed in fashionable clothes) .
他总是紧跟着服装潮流。
I don't want you to follow my example and rush into marriage.
我不希望你走我的老路，匆忙结婚。
The movie follows the book faithfully.
这部电影忠于原著。
理解 understand
理解，明白（说明或意思）
to understand an explanation or the meaning of sth
Sorry, I don't follow.
对不起，我不明白。
Sorry, I don't follow you.
对不起，我听不懂你的话。
The plot is almost impossible to follow .
故事情节几乎叫人看不懂。
注视；听 watch/listen
密切注视；倾听
to watch or listen to sb/sth very carefully
The children were following every word of the story intently.
孩子们一字不漏地专心听故事。
Her eyes followed him everywhere (= she was looking at him all the time) .
她一直在注视着他。
兴趣 be interested in
对…产生浓厚兴趣而关注
to take an active interest in sth and be aware of what is happening
Have you been following the basketball championships?
你是否一直在注意篮球锦标赛的赛程？
Millions of people followed the trial on TV.
几百万人饶有兴趣地收看了电视转播的审判。
书籍；电影 of book/movie
涉及…生活；有关…发展
to be concerned with the life or development of sb/sth
The novel follows the fortunes of a village community in Scotland.
小说叙述了苏格兰一个村落的变迁。
模式；进展 pattern/course
按…方式（或方向）发展；以…方式发生
to develop or happen in a particular way
The day followed the usual pattern.
这一天和平常过得一样。
to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as sb else, especially sb in your family
她步她父亲的后尘，在电视台工作。
She works in television, following in her father's footsteps.
a person who is so good or successful at sth that it will be difficult for anyone else coming after them to be as good or successful
到处跟随；跟踪
to keep going with sb wherever they go
Will you stop following me around!
你不要再到处跟着我了！
跟着走；接着来；随后去
to go somewhere after sb else has gone there
You go to the beach with the kids and I'll follow on when I've finished work.
你和孩子们去海滨，我办完事随后就去。
（击球后球拍、球杆等）完成顺势动作
to complete a stroke by continuing to move the club, racket , etc. after hitting the ball
把…进行到底；完成（开了头的事）
to finish sth that you have started
All these words mean to know or realize sth, for example why sth happens, how sth works or what sth means.以上各词均含懂得、理解、认识到之义。
to know or realize the meaning of words, a language, what sb says, etc.; to know or realize how or why sth happens, how it works or why it is important指懂、理解、领会（词意、语言、话语等），了解、认识到、明白（事情如何或为何发生、如何起作用或为何重要等）：
I don't understand the instructions.
我不懂这些指令的意思。
Doctors still don't understand much about the disease.
医生对这种疾病还不太了解。
to understand what is happening, what sb is saying, how sth works or how important sth is指理解、明白、领会（正在发生的事、某人的话、某事如何起作用或重要性如何）：
‘It opens like this.’ ‘Oh, I see .’
“这样就打开了。”“哦，我明白了。”
Oh yes, I see what you mean .
噢，我明白你的意思了。
( informal ) to understand a joke, what sb is trying to tell you, or a situation that they are trying to describe指理解、明白（笑话、某人试图告知的事或描述的情况）：
She didn't get the joke.
她听不懂那个笑话。
I don't get you.
我搞不懂你的意思。
to understand an explanation, a story or the meaning of sth指理解、明白（说明、故事、意思）：
Sorry─I don't quite follow.
对不起，我不太听懂你的话。
The plot is almost impossible to follow.
故事情节几乎叫人不明所以。
to come to understand a fact, an idea or how to do sth指理解、领会、领悟、明白（事实、想法或如何做某事）：
They failed to grasp the importance of his words.
他们没有理解他的话的重要性。
You can use understand or grasp for the action of realizing the meaning or importance of sth for the first time. |
Only understand can be used to talk about languages, words or writing. |
(often used in negative statements) ( formal ) to understand a fact, idea or reason（常用于否定句中）用于理解、领悟、明白（事实、想法或原因）：
The concept of infinity is almost impossible for the human mind to comprehend.
无穷的概念几乎是人类的大脑无法理解的。
follow
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB 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.She realized that the Mercedes was following her...
她意识到那辆奔驰在跟踪她。
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB 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....the rioting and looting that followed the verdict...
判决宣布之后发生的暴乱和抢劫
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VERB 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.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》。
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB (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.What follows is an eyewitness account...
接下来的是目击者的陈述。
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB (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.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。
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB 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.Take care to follow the instructions carefully...
注意严格按照说明进行。
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB 沿袭;继承
If you follow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously.He followed his father and became a surgeon...
他子承父业，成为了一名外科医生。
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VERB 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.Can you follow the plot so far?...
目前为止剧情你能看得懂吗？
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VERB 追踪;对…感兴趣;关注
If you follow something, you take an interest in it and keep informed about what happens....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
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VERB 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.The film follows the fortunes of two women.
这部电影讲述了两个女人的命运。
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VERB (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....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
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VERB 信奉;追随;支持;拥护
If you follow a particular religion or political belief, you have that religion or belief.'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。”
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PHRASE 如下;分别是
You use as follows in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or explanation.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。
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PHRASE 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.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。
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PHRASE 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 .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。
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PHRASAL VERB 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.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。
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PHRASAL VERB 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.State security police are following up several leads...
国家安全警察正在追查几条线索。
verb
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- keep informed
- He kept up on his country's foreign policies
- Synonym: keep up keep abreast
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- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- Follow a pattern
- Follow my example
- Synonym: conform to
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- keep to
- Stick to your principles
- stick to the diet
- Synonym: stick to stick with
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- grasp the meaning
- Can you follow her argument?
- When he lectures, I cannot follow
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- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"
- trace the student's progress
- Synonym: trace
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- perform an accompaniment to
- The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
- Synonym: play along accompany
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- imitate in behavior;take as a model
- Teenagers follow their friends in everything
- Synonym: take after
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- travel along a certain course
- follow the road
- follow the trail
- Synonym: travel along
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- to travel behind, go after, come after
- The ducklings followed their mother around the pond
- Please follow the guide through the museum
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- follow in or as if in pursuit
- The police car pursued the suspected attacker
- Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
- Synonym: pursue
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- keep under surveillance
- The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
- Synonym: surveil survey
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- choose and follow;as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
- Synonym: adopt espouse
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- be the successor (of)
- Carter followed Ford
- Will Charles succeed to the throne?
- Synonym: succeed come after
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- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- He is a herpetologist
- She is our resident philosopher
- Synonym: be
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- follow with the eyes or the mind
- Keep an eye on the baby, please!
- The world is watching Sarajevo
- She followed the men with the binoculars
- Synonym: watch observe watch over keep an eye on
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- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- He complied with my instructions
- You must comply or else!
- Follow these simple rules
- abide by the rules
- Synonym: comply abide by
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- adhere to or practice
- These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion
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- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- Let's follow our great helmsman!
- She followed a guru for years
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- to be the product or result
- Melons come from a vine
- Understanding comes from experience
- Synonym: come
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- be later in time
- Tuesday always follows Monday
- Synonym: postdate
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- come as a logical consequence;follow logically
- It follows that your assertion is false
- the theorem falls out nicely
- Synonym: fall out
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- come after in time, as a result
- A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
- Synonym: come after
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- be next
- Mary plays best, with John and Sue following
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- to bring something about at a later time than
- She followed dinner with a brandy
- He followed his lecture with a question and answer period
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You may never catch them , but if you follow them , they will lead you to success .
你可能永远无法触碰它们，但跟随它们就能走向成功。
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Because the quads follow the camera , they give the illusion of filling a 3D volume .
由于这些矩形是跟随摄像机的，所以利用它们就像幻觉一样就描绘出了3D体积效果
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This system sets the pattern for others to follow .
这个系统堪为他人仿效的典范。
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If we take the lead in this , others may follow .
如果我们在这方面带头行动，其余的人就会跟着来。
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The following extract is taken from her new novel .
下面一段摘自她的新小说。
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The following day she felt sufficiently well to go to work .
第二天，她感觉好转，完全可以去上班了。
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They followed the line of the river for three miles .
他们沿着那条河走了三英里。
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I don 't see how that follows from what you 've just said .
根据你刚才所说的，我不明白怎么会产生那样的结果。
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The TV series has a cult following among young people .
那部电视连续剧在年轻人中拥有一批狂热的迷恋者。
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The government which followed the election was a very different animal .
选举后的政府与前一届的截然不同。
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Take the first road on the left and then follow the signs .
走左边的第一条路，然后循着路标走。
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I remember little of the days that followed the accident .
那次事故以后的日子我记不大清楚了。
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Please supply the following details : name , age and sex .
请提供下列具体情况：姓名、年龄及性别。
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It 's important to follow the regular procedure .
按照惯常的程序行事是很重要的。
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You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions .
如果你遵循这些用法说明，每次都会得到最佳的效果。
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He took charge of the family business following his father 's death .
父亲死后他就接管了家族企业。
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The path follows the course of the river .
小路沿河道延伸。
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The government has declared a state of emergency following the earthquake .
地震发生后政府已宣布进入紧急状态。
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Follow this road until you get to the school , then turn left .
沿着这条路走到学校，然后向左拐。
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The first two classes are followed by a break of ten minutes .
上完头两节课，有十分钟的课间休息。
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I looked back , half expecting to see someone following me .
我回过头去，想着可能看到有人跟着我。
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Traffic is now moving more freely following an earlier accident .
早些时候的交通事故过后，现在交通通畅些了。
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Mornings in our house always follow a set pattern .
在我们家，每天上午的生活总是遵循一种固定的模式。
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We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow .
我们担心接下来会马上向首都推进。
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The following is a summary of our conclusions .
现将我们的几点结论综述如下。
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War was followed by many years of austerity .
紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。
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Events took a dramatic turn in the weeks that followed .
在以后的几周里，事态急转直下。
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Indicate whether the following statements are true or false .
标出下列说法是对还是错。
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Read the following passage and answer the questions below .
阅读下面这段文章并回答后面的问题。
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A new proposal followed on from the discussions .
讨论出了一个新提案。
泛指跟在他人的后面走路、驾车等，动机不定，也可引申指追随某人从事某项事业。
The children followed their mother to the kitchen.
孩子们跟着妈妈去了厨房。
Those guys are following him.
那些家伙一直跟着他。
He followed his mother into the teaching profession.
他子承母业，投身教育。
指搜捕罪犯或敌人，常后接介词 for。
The police are hunting a secret agent.
警方正在追捕一名特务。
Who are they hunting for?
他们在搜捕什么人？
指盯某人的梢，观察某人去了哪里、做了什么等。
The spies have been tailing the underground worker.
密探一直在跟踪那名地下工作者。
He trusted her so little that he had her tailed.
他对她很不信任，所以派人跟踪她。
普通用词，指依据法律法规行事，也指服从某种权威。
A good citizen must obey the law.
一个好公民必须守法。
Soldiers are expected to obey orders without questioning them.
军人应当毫无异议地服从命令。
指依照法规、协议、决定等行事，含即使不同意也必须接受并服从之意。
We have to abide by the new rules.
我们必须遵守新的规定。
She will abide by her promise.
她会信守诺言的。
They have to abide by the refree's decision.
他们必须服从裁判的决定。
指接受劝告、听从指示等，强调按照别人所告知、示范等的内容去做。
follow a diet/recipe
按照规定饮食/采用规定食谱
Why didn't you follow the doctor's advice?
你为什么不听医生的劝告？
Take care to follow the instructions.
注意按照指示进行。
指奉行法律、协议、习俗等，常可与 obey 换用。
This new law must be strictly observed/obeyed.
这项新法律必须严格遵守。
Both sides have observed/obeyed the ceasefire.
双方都遵守了停火协定。
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