come or go after
keep in sight; watch
understand
engage in as a business, trade, etc.
take or accept or obey
be or happen as a necessary effect or result
"The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"
"Please follow the guide through the museum"
"Tuesday always follows Monday"
"It follows that your assertion is false"
"the theorem falls out nicely"
"follow the road"
"follow the trail"
"He complied with my instructions"
"You must comply or else!"
"Follow these simple rules"
"abide by the rules"
"A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"
"Follow a pattern"
"Follow my example"
"Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
"She followed the feminist movement"
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
"She followed dinner with a brandy"
"He followed his lecture with a question and answer period"
"Teenagers follow their friends in everything"
"We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"
"trace the student's progress"
"Keep an eye on the baby, please!"
"The world is watching Sarajevo"
"She followed the men with the binoculars"
"Carter followed Ford"
"Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
"The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
"He kept up on his country's foreign policies"
"Melons come from a vine"
"Understanding comes from experience"
"Let's follow our great helmsman!"
"She followed a guru for years"
"These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"
"He is a herpetologist"
"She is our resident philosopher"
"The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
"The police car pursued the suspected attacker"
"Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
"Can you follow her argument?"
"When he lectures, I cannot follow"
"Stick to your principles"
"stick to the diet"
One of the Norman strangers who followed in the wake of the Conqueror.
出自: J. R. Green
One by one they had followed each other out.
出自: E. Bowen
The smell of fresh earth that follows a plow.
出自: J. Cheever
她随他进入房间。
The boy followed the teacher into the office.
那男孩跟着老师走进办公室。
Michael Manley followed his father into politics.
迈克尔·曼利跟他父亲从政。
我马上就回来,你继续干下去好了。
You go first, and we'll follow on after a short rest.
你先去,我们稍作休息就来。
He follows on despite every difficulty.
尽管遇到各种困难,但他仍然继续前进。
疾病的产生往往是由于饥饿的缘故,因为身体很虚弱。
His disease followed on his mother's death.
他母亲去世后不久,他就病了。
Following quickly on this tragedy, the youngest child died of malnutrition.
发生这一惨剧后不久,最小的孩子又因营养不良死掉了。
After the taking of Tianjin, he followed on his victory.
攻克天津后,他乘胜前进。
他虽然认真地执行所有的指令,但依旧未能使机器运转起来。
You follow out his instructions carefully.
你认真按他的指示去做。
The boy followed out his father's advice.
那个男孩完全按照他爸爸的忠告做事。
The boy followed out the instruction and made a fine model plane.
这孩子依照说明做了一个精致的模型飞机。
The police have followed out several lines of inquiry, but are no nearer to finding the culprit.
警察继续进行了多方面的调查,但依然没有找到罪犯。
The student followed out all the index references in the encyclopedia until he found what he wanted to know.
那位学生找遍百科全书的所有索引,最后终于找到他所想知道的条目。
Follow out all the cross references.
查阅所有的互相参照的条目。
他善于创建项目,但难得坚持完成。
Bob drew plans for a table for his mother, but he did not follow through by making it.
鲍勃计划给母亲做张桌子,但没作出来。 follow sth ⇔ through
Starting projects is one thing, following them through is another.
着手进行某项目是一回事,而将之进行到底是另一回事。
David is determined to follow his plan through.
大卫决心把自己的计划贯彻到底。
Follow through the business, everything will be all right.
把这事进行到底,一切都会好的。
我们沿着小路进入村里。
He followed me to the school.
他跟我去了学校。
你先干起来,我随后。
And the question is worth following up, for the sake of the light it throws on modern knowledge.
这一类问题值得进一步探讨,因为它有助于说明现代知识的真实情况。
The editor thinks this story is worth following up.
编辑认为这件事值得跟踪报道。 follow up with sth
The chairman followed up with another question.
主席接着又提了一个问题。 follow sb/sth ⇔ up
They followed the criminal up like a shadow and arrested him at his lodging.
他们形影不离地跟踪那个罪犯,并在他的住所逮捕了他。
Follow up a lead, clue and rumour.
顺着头绪、线索和谣传进行调查。
He followed up his success and started looking for new markets.
他获得成功之后再接再厉,又开始寻找新市场了。
After Mary sent a letter application for a job, she followed it up by going to talk to the personnel manager.
玛丽把工作申请表寄出去后,又找经理谈话,以使自己更有可能获得那份工作。
The Indians followed up the wounded buffalo until it fell dead.
印第安人紧紧地追着那头受伤的水牛,直到它倒地死去。
You should follow up your letter with a phone call.
你应该写完信以后再打电话。
We followed up the victory and dispersed the enemy.
我们乘胜追击,把敌人打得七零八落。
The duckling followed its mother everywhere.
小鸭子们紧跟着母鸭到处走。
The rule is as follows.
规则如下。
A strange thing followed upon the incident.
这个事件后跟着出了很奇怪的事情。
The following is my full name.
The following are our full names.
Following the ceremony a reception was held.
在典礼之后,会举行一场招待会。
I followed him to go into the house.
这种说法是不可以的。应改成I followed him into the house。
误 I shall follow behind him to the station.
正 I shall follow him to the station.
析 follow所表达的“跟随”这一概念本身含有“在后”的意思,所以不用再加behind。
误 I followed him to do the drills.
正 I did the drills after him.
析 follow后不可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
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