首页英语词典followfollow的意思

follow

英 ['fɒləʊ] 美['fɑlo]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词use to act according obey

反义词

vt. 跟随；遵循；追求；密切注意，注视；注意；倾听
vi. 跟随；接着
n. 跟随；追随

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词态变化

第三人称单数: follows;过去式: followed;过去分词: followed;现在分词: following;

中文词源

follow 跟随

来自Proto-Germanic*fulg, 陪伴，跟随，词源同full. 部分学者解释*g来自*gan, 走，词源同gang. 即跟着走的人，随从。

英英释意

1. to travel behind, go after, come after;: "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"

2. be later in time;: "Tuesday always follows Monday"

3. come as a logical consequence; follow logically;: "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"

4. travel along a certain course;: "follow the road"; "follow the trail"

5. 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"

6. come after in time, as a result;: "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"

7. behave in accordance or in agreement with;: "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example"

8. be next;: "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"

9. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;: "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

10. 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"

11. imitate in behavior; take as a model;: "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"

12. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;: "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"

13. 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"

14. be the successor (of);: "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

15. perform an accompaniment to;: "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"

16. keep informed;: "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"

17. to be the product or result;: "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"

18. accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;: "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years"

19. adhere to or practice;: "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"

20. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;: "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"

21. keep under surveillance;: "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"

22. 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"

23. grasp the meaning;: "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow"

24. keep to;: "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"

英文词源

follow: follow: [OE] Follow is a widespread Germanic verb (German has folgen, for instance, Dutch volgen, Swedish följa, and Danish følge, pointing to a prehistoric West and North Germanic *flug-), but its ultimate origins are not known
follow (v.): Middle English folwen, from Old English folgian, fylgian, fylgan "to accompany (especially as a disciple), move in the same direction as; follow after, pursue, move behind in the same direction," also "obey (a rule or law), conform to, act in accordance with; apply oneself to (a practice, trade, or calling)," from Proto-Germanic *fulg- (cognates: Old Saxon folgon, Old Frisian folgia, Middle Dutch volghen, Dutch volgen, Old High German folgen, German folgen, Old Norse fylgja "to follow"). Probably originally a compound, *full-gan, with a sense of "full-going," the sense then shifting to "serve, go with as an attendant" (compare fulfill). Related: Followed; following.

Sense of "accept as leader or guide, obey or be subservient to" was in late Old English. Meaning "come after in time" is from c. 1200; meaning "to result from" (as effect from cause) is from c. 1200. Meaning "to keep up with mentally, comprehend" is from 1690s. Intransitive sense "come or go behind" is from mid-13c. To follow one's nose "go straight on" first attested 1590s. "The full phrase is, 'Follow your nose, and you are sure to go straight.' " [Farmer]. The children's game follow my leader is attested by that name from 1812 (as follow the leader by 1896).

同义词辨析

pursue, follow, chase, hunt, trace, track, trail

这些动词均含"跟随，追踪"之意。

pursue：指坚持不懈、毫不动摇地紧跟、追赶某人、某物或某个事业。

follow：普遍用词，含义最广，多指跟随起引导作用的人或物，跟随的动机可以是善意的，也可能是恶意的。

chase：指快速追赶或决心追踪，褒义贬义均可用。

hunt：原义为"追猎、猎取"，现用于指追捕或搜寻逃犯等。

trace：指根据线索或足迹进行跟踪。用于抽象意义时指找到某事物的根源。

track：指沿着人或动物留下的印迹或行迹追踪。

trail：一般指跟踪追击。

考试真题

Up until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success.

Top of Britons' toilet paper wish list is softness ( ' , 57%) followed by strength ( ' , 45%) and thickness ( ' , 36%).

Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate.

After that, survey respondents disagree over whether this generation will follow in their parents' footsteps, moving to the suburbs to raise families, or will choose to remain in the city center.

Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.

The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions—including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving—started to dull as early as age 27.

Soupios say following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and become engaged and happier human beings.

By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.

By following individuals over time, Salthouse said, we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.

And following up on what you just mentioned, what would you recommend for students who do not live in an English-speaking country? And you know, they want to learn.

More fast food restaurants are likely to follow McDonald's example.

It has now a new law to follow.

As a result, their math grades overtook those of the other students by the end of the first semester—and the gap between the two groups continued to widen during the two years we followed them.

If you spend much time with educators and policy makers, you'll hear a lot of the following words: standards, results, skills, self-control, accountability, and so on.

But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.

A friend told me the following story.

Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.

Certainly, you don't want to waste your precious hours on following the developments in a disorderly fashion, and miss important deadlines, confuse interview times or forget to follow up as a result.

He adds, "The tragedy is that he didn't follow his own advice."

My notes may or may not be useful, but the point is that by writing down what Mr.Brown says, I can follow his line of thinking more easily.

In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris, or even copied and pirated specific French designs.

Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps.

In those essays, and in follow-up interviews with a few of the teenagers, we found lots of insight, positive feeling and inspirational thinking.

It is the direction energy development should follow.

Consistent messaging of positive behaviors will show healthier lifestyles for kids to follow.

After sorting the deals by category, they determined that among the 512 brands associated with the athletes, most involve sporting goods, followed closely by food and beverage brands.

Traditionally, guidelines have heavily influenced the practice of medicine, and the latest ones are expected to make doctors more conscious of the economic consequences of their decisions, even though there's no obligation to follow them.

It follows the standard naming practice.

Based on my analyses of the data, of the factors that Chetty has highlighted, the following three seem to be most predictive of upward mobility in a given community:1.

Asia led the way, with the biggest number from China followed by Japan and India, most European and Asian universities provide an elite service to a small numberof people.

Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009study:why are there so few female top executives in the European egalitarian(平等主义的)welfare states?

Space exploration has always been the province of dreamers: The human imagination readily soars where human ingenuity (创造力)struggles to follow.

McCartney found that EMI's (百代唱片) contractual clauses made it prohibitively expensive to follow suit, and the Beatles had to make do with the primitive technology of Abbey Road

Today's world offers more opportunity than ever to follow the advice of the Walker Brothers and make it easy on ourselves

students and postdoctoral scientists to follow an individual development plan (IDP)

It is trying to follow the trend.

You can imagine similar kinds of interactive activities along historical lines," like following the Freedom Trail in Boston, Professor Dede said.

Recession closely follows a skyscraper boom.

American politicians will have to develop the courage to follow what is taught in all American public-policy schools: that there are good taxes and bad taxes.

However, once China began embracing free-market reforms in the 1980s, followed by India in the 1990s, both countries achieved rapid growth.

It was like a shadow, following me around saying you can only go so far.

Look for New York in the left-hand column and follow it across until you find the hour listed in the Boston column.

The eggs of that following generation may be found in Kentucky, the eggs of next generation may be in the Kang Michigan.

These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed in the wake of 1976 legislation.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, if you'd like to follow me into the great hall…

Not only does she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she misses appointments, doesn't follow through on projects, and doesn't seem to plan anything till the last minute

He often fails to follow through on his projects.

If the light flashed on and off several times, the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one.

This follows successful talks between management and union representatives, which resulted in a new agreement on working hours and conditions.

I spent all last week end researching what topics are popular, what words to use in captions and similar accounts to follow.

In fact, lower-tier school alumni networks are arguably stronger, because fellow alumni recognize that you didn't necessarily have an easy path to follow.

Lecturers have hundreds of students and they are not going to follow you up or question you if you miss their lectures.

Parts of the Balkan region and Turkey follow the diet, as well as middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Syria.

Then they try to teach the students something with a specific presentation style, like using visual aids, and do a follow up test to see how much they learned.

This paper is a large part of your cumulative grade, so make sure to follow the instructions.

And at that moment, I made the decision: I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my life.

And because the process of recycling steel is less polluting than making new steel, we've also achieved the following significant savings; in energy use—47% to 74%; in air pollution—85%; in water pollution—35%; in water use—40%.

Better sewers make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach.

But compensating on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found.

By following the basic rules of respecting others, taking care of what belongs to you, and taking pride in the appearance of the neighborhood in general, you will quickly become a good neighbor that everyone appreciates.

During a fire drill, please do the following.

Economic policies should follow technological trends.

Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to ensure that the overall business plan is being followed, and that operations become more profitable under the new organization, rather than less.

Eventually, I decided to follow her and what happened truly amazed me.

Follow the track for the sake of plants.

Follow-up studies should last for one year.

For instance, one study followed 238 volunteers in Florida over a year.

Guide government agencies to follow the characters in Shakespeare's plays.

He followed his tracks and returned to the snow cave, because without shelter, he could die that night.

He hurried home, never once looking back to see if he was being followed.

I will show you how in the following chapters.

In the following days, the owner still couldn't be contacted.

In the following few days, the men and women helping rockaway recover inspired Natalie.

In the weeks that followed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind provided correct at every step.

Individuals or groups may enter one of the following categories.

It is unwise to expect your child to follow your path.

It's harder than we expect to follow a new course.

Many rock bands were able to follow in the footsteps of the beatles.

Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the himalayas, is following in that tradition.

Miss Longfield added: "Then there is this push to connect—if you go offline, will you miss something, will you miss out, will you show that you don't care about those people you are following, all of those come together in a huge way at once."

Modern businesses have been following his lead, with more tactics.

On the surface it seems as ridiculous as following the directions on soup mixes, but the lucky-break wait well serves those who are willing to do it.

On which of following days will woman work?

Scammers follow money, so companies will be the worst hit.

Steven stein likes to follow garbage trucks.

The author introduced the riding experience in the Okavango Delta mainly by following time order.

The eight-part series, save money: good food, follows in the footsteps of itv's save money: good health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.

The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.

The following items are approved for use in residential rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and dvd players.

The following term, I registered for an asl class.

The heart-stopping moment was quickly followed by mental math.

These are the findings of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 teenage boys from Boston.

They seldom follow the French law.

Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people.

Two-thirds believe more families will follow the example of obama's family.

Vaillant's study followed these males in great detail.

You've given me hope that I can follow my heart.

But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route.

Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.

More apparent reasonableness followed.

America should follow.

When public opinion is particularly polarised, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above “mere” politics and “embody” a spirit of national unity.

The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.

The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California’s advice.

It doesn’t then necessarily follow that one kind of reading is fuller, more advanced or more worthwhile than another.

Conceived in this way, comprehension will not follow exactly the same track for each reader.

But it doesn't necessarily follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease.

France's planned tax is a clear warning: Unless a broad consensus can be reached on reforming the international tax system, other nations are likely to follow suit, and American companies will face a cascade of different taxes from dozens of nations that

If you get lost without a phone or a compass, and you literally can't find north, a few tricks to help you navigate back to civilization, one of which is to follow the land.

It doesn't then necessarily follow that one kind of reading is fuller, more advanced or more worthwhile than another.

On the basis of the precautionary principle, it could be argued that it is advisable to follow the FSA advice.

Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms. Simmons, once again very popular on campus.

So, if you head downhill, and follow any H2O you find, you should eventually see signs of people.

The demands follow comments made last week by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, who insisted the government could not force people to make healthy choices and promised to free businesses from public health regulations.

词组搭配

follow in someone's footsteps

见 footstep

follow one's nose

trust to one's instincts

相信自己本能

you are on the right track so follow your nose.
你的方向正确，可以凭直觉干。

move along guided by one's sense of smell

凭嗅觉前行

go straight ahead

笔直往前

follow on

(of a cricket team) be required to bat again immediately after failing in their first innings to reach a score within a set number of runs of the score made by their opponents

（板球）继续击球（第一局得分少的球队先击球）

follow on from

occur as a consequence or result of

因…而起，是…的结果

the announcement followed on from the collapse of the merchant bank.
那家商业银行倒闭后，发表了这个布告。

follow something through

continue an action or task to its conclusion

把…进行到底，坚持完成

follow something up

pursue or investigate something further

紧追，对…进行进一步调查

I decided to follow up the letters with phone calls.
我决定写完信之后再打电话继续追查。

follow along

To move or proceed in unison or in accord with an example

遵从，依照：协调地或遵照原例移动或操作

followed along with the song.
伴随着歌曲

follow through

&I{Sports} To carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball or other object.

&I{【体育运动】} 随球：打球或其它物体后，进行自然完成的一击

To carry an act, a project, or an intention to completion; pursue fully

坚持到底：贯彻一个行动、项目或完成某项意图；全力追求

followed through on her promise to reorganize the department.
把诺言贯彻到底，重新组建部门

follow up

To carry to completion; follow through on

把…贯彻（干）到底：完成；继续执行

followed up their recommendations with concrete proposals.
运用具体的建议把计划执行到底

To increase the effectiveness or enhance the success of by further action

使更进一步，使更成功：通过进一步行动增加效果或提高成功性

followed up her interview with a telephone call.
用电话进一步完成面试

as follows

As will be stated next. Used to introduce a specified enumeration, explanation, or command.

（所述）：接着将作出说明。用来介绍特定的细目、解释和命令

follow (one's) nose

To move straight ahead or in a direct path.

径直（而行）：直着向前移或沿笔直的路径走

&I{Informal} To be guided by instinct

【非正式用语】由直觉指引

had no formal training but became a success by following his nose.
没有经过正式的培训却凭直觉取得了成功

follow suit

&I{Games} To play a card of the same suit as the one led.

&I{【游戏】} 跟牌：由一个人带头，跟一张同样的牌

To do as another has done; follow an example.

模仿：做别人已经做过的事；以…为例子

实用场景例句

...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

Can you follow the plot so far?...: 目前为止剧情你能看得懂吗？

I'm afraid I don't follow.: 恐怕我没明白。

...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

She was following Laura's progress closely.: 她密切关注着劳拉的进展。

The film follows the fortunes of two women.: 这部电影讲述了两个女人的命运。

The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course.: 洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。

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。

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。

Take care to follow the instructions carefully...: 注意严格按照说明进行。

No two chefs follow the same recipe.: 每个厨师都有不同的烹饪方式。

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。

Where eastern Germany goes the rest will surely follow.: 东德怎样做，其他地方一定会效仿。

He followed his father and became a surgeon...: 他子承父业，成为了一名外科医生。

Anni-Frid's son has followed her into the music business.: 安妮-弗瑞德的儿子子承母业，也进入了音乐圈。

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。

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。

Please follow me, madam...: 请跟我来，夫人。

She realized that the Mercedes was following her...: 她意识到那辆奔驰在跟踪她。

I think we're being followed.: 我想我们被跟踪了。

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。

...the rioting and looting that followed the verdict...: 判决宣布之后发生的暴乱和抢劫

I remember nothing else about the days following Daddy's death...: 父亲去世之后那几天我不记得有什么其他事了。

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》。

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。

If the explanation is right, two things follow...: 如果解释是正确的，可以推断出两件事。

What follows is an eyewitness account...: 接下来的是目击者的陈述。

There followed a list of places where Hans intended to visit...: 下面列出的是汉斯打算游览的地点。

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。

All we had to do was follow the map...: 我们所要做的就是按照地图走。