英语释义

1. to do whatever most other people are doing
He was never one to follow the crowd, so we weren't surprised when he dropped out of college to start his own business.

片语

go with the times赶时髦；随大流

英汉例句

• to become an active member of the hacktivist group, users need to be able to enter irc channels and, again, spend much time online to be able to follow the crowd if it moves elsewhere.

  为了成为「黑客团队」的活跃成员，用户需要能进入irc(网络实时聊天)频道，并且需要继续在网上花费大量时间以便在团队更换地址时能跟上。

• don't follow the crowd: the second reason people hate their jobs is that they follow the crowd without really thinking about what they want.

  别随大流：另一个人们讨厌自己工作的原因是他们在选择工作的时候没有考虑自己要什么，而是随大流。

• if you believe we will, you should follow the crowd and gobble up u.s. long-term bonds.

  如果你认为会是这种情况，那就随大流买进长期美国国债。

• and when they see that other people avoid something, they also follow the crowd because of fear.

  同时，当其他一些人避免做某事时，他们也因害怕承担后果而随波逐流。

• not wanting to make my controversial views known yet, i preferred to follow the crowd for a while.

  我还不想公开我那些会引起争论的观点，宁可暂且随大流。

• g2: come this way and follow the crowd from this flight, they will lead you to the immigration.

  这边走，下了飞机跟着人走，他们将带您到海关。

• when they see that other people profit from a trade, greed makes them follow the crowd even though they don’t understand what they’re doing.

  当人们从一笔生意中获利时，贪婪使人们随波逐流，即使他们不知道他们在做什么。

• you could follow the crowd by working hard and keeping your head down, but will this get you the enhanced career you feel you deserve?

  你可以和其他人一样埋头苦干，不过这样做，你能得到你认为自己应该得到的更好的工作机会吗？

• we are most influenced by the idea of losing something than the idea of gaining the same thing, 「 martin says. we are also more likely to follow the crowd in periods of uncertainty.」

  马丁说，我们更容易受到失去某种东西的想法左右，而不是受到得到同一样东西的念头影响，在不安的时刻人们也容易随大流。

• unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.

  很可惜的是，那些随波逐流的人最后往往迷失其中。