从

（跟随） follow:

• 从师

  be an apprentice;

• 从俗

  follow the general custom; conform to custom;

• 从征

  go on a military expedition

（顺从; 听从） comply with; obey:

• 从命

  comply with sb.'s wish; obey an order;

• 屈从

  submit to; yield to

（从事; 参加） join; be engaged in:

• 从军

  join the army; enlist

（采取某种方针或态度） in a certain manner or according to a certain principle:

• 从宽处理

  be lenient in treatment;

• 从速

  be as quickly as possible;

• 从严处理

  be severe in treatment

（跟随的人） follower; attendant:

• 从者如云

  have a large following;

• 随从

  attendant; retainer; retinue

（姓氏） a surname:

• 从公

  Cong Gong

（从属的; 次要的） secondary; accessary:

• 分别首从

  distinguish between the chief culprit and the accessary;

• 主从

  the primary and the secondary

（堂房亲属） relationship between cousins， etc. of the same paternal grandfather, great-grandfather or a yet earlier common ancestor; of the same clan:

• 从兄

  first， second or distant cousin of the same clan; cousin

（表示起于或经过） from; through:

• 从表面看

  to the eye; on the face of it;

• 从长远看

  from a long-term point of view; in the long run;

• 从根本上说

  essentially; in essence;

• 从经验中得来

  school of hard knocks;

• 从理论到实践

  from theory to practice;

• 从某人面前走开

  get out of sb.'s sight;

• 从全局出发

  proceed from the situation as a whole;

• 从实际出发

  proceed from the actual situation; proceed from reality;

• 从现在起

  from now on;

• 从这儿往西

  go west from here; west of here

（从来 ，用在否定词前面） ever:

• 从不迟到

  be never late;

• 从不计较个人的名誉地位

  never give any consideration to personal fame and position;

• 她在成绩和荣誉面前从不骄傲。

  Her head was never turned by achievements or honours.

• 我从没离开过这个地方。

  I've never been away from here.