英语释义

1. to go, proceed, or come after
followed the guide

2. to engage in as a calling or way of life pursue
wheat-growing is generally followed here

3. to walk or proceed along
follow a path

4. to be or act in accordance with
follow directions

5. to accept as authority obey
followed his conscience

6. to pursue in an effort to overtake
Police followed the robbers attempting to escape.

7. to seek to attain
follow knowledge

8. to come into existence or take place as a result or consequence of
disaster followed the blunder

9. to come or take place after in time, sequence, or order
A juggling act followed the singer.

10. to cause to be followed
followed dinner with a liqueur

11. to copy after imitate
the new building follows the facades and roof lines of the original buildings
— Maxwell Mays

12. to watch steadily
followed the flight of the ball

13. to keep the mind on
follow a speech

14. to attend closely to keep abreast of
followed his career with interest

15. to understand the sense or logic of (something, such as a line of thought)
I don't quite follow your thinking.

16. to subscribe to the feed of (someone or something) especially on social media
Follow us on Facebook/Twitter.

17. to go or come after a person or thing in place, time, or sequence
If one sheep goes through the gate, the rest will follow.

18. to result or occur as a consequence, effect, or inference
Just because he's done some bad things, does it follow that he is a bad person?

19. as comes next —used impersonally
The names of the winners are as follows: Mary, James, and Sylvia.

20. to go in a straight or obvious course
Just follow your nose until you get there; you can't miss it.

21. to proceed without plan or reflection obey one's instincts
You don't need my advice—just follow your nose.

22. to play a card of the same suit as the card led

23. to follow an example set
When one airline lowers its fares, the others usually follow suit.

24. the act or process of following

25. forward spin given to a ball by striking it above center — compare draw, english

26. to go or come after or behind (someone or something)

27. to go after or behind (someone) secretly and watch to find out what happens

28. to come after (something) in time or place or as part of a series

29. to go or come after or behind
The dog followed the children home. Dessert followed dinner.

30. to come after in time or place
Spring follows winter.

31. to go on the track of
Police followed a clue.

32. to go along or beside
Follow that path.

33. to be led or guided by obey
Follow the instructions.

34. to result from
Panic followed the fire.

35. to work in or at something as a way of life
He followed the sea.

36. to watch or pay attention to
Just follow the bouncing ball.

37. understand sense 1
I'm not following this story.

38. to play a card that belongs to the same group (as hearts) as the one first played

39. to do the same thing someone else has just done

40. to complete something started
You must follow through on your promise.

41. to take additional similar or related action
I followed up my letter with a phone call.

42. to be in accordance with (a prior decision) accept as authoritative — see also precedent — compare overrule

英汉例句

• The first ever pregnant man is now a dad-of-three... and transgender men are following suit by preparing to give birth on the NHS.

  首位怀孕的男性现在已是三个孩子的爸爸了……很多变性人通过国民医疗服务(NHS)效仿他产子的做法。

• With such powerful recommendations, the War Office gave its official approval to the trench coat in 1901, with the Admiralty for the Royal Marines following suit in 1906.

  有了这样强有力的推荐，（英国）陆军部在1901年正式批準了该风雨衣在陆军中的推广，随后（英国）海军部也在1906年批準该风雨衣供皇家海军陆战队使用。

• Secondly, following suit is another reason.

  其次，随波逐流是另一个原因。

相似词

postdate事后日期；推迟日期

succeed继承；接替；继……之后

supervene（尤指意外）发生并带来重大影响；随后发生；由另一事实导致

相反词

antedate比实际提前的日期

precede领先，在前面

predate在日期上早于（先于）