follow

英[ˈfɒləʊ]
美[ˈfɑːloʊ]

基本释义

  • v.跟随; 接着…发生; 可以推断出; 接下来是; 沿着; 注视; 遵从; 仿效; 沿袭; 理解; 对…感兴趣; 以…为原型; 信奉

词性变化

实用例句

...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。

真题例句

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Top of Britons' toilet paper wish list is softness followed by strength and thickness .

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

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

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It has now a new law to follow.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

A friend told me the following story.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

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.

2018年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

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

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It is the direction energy development should follow.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年12月听力原文

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.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

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.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It follows the standard naming practice.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

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?

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

It is trying to follow the trend.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Recession closely follows a skyscraper boom.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2014年6月听力原文

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

出自-2014年6月听力原文

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

出自-2014年6月听力原文

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

出自-2013年12月听力原文

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

出自-2013年12月听力原文

He often fails to follow through on his projects.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

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.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

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

出自-2010年6月听力原文

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

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

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.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

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

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

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.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

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

2016年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

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%.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

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.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

During a fire drill, please do the following.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Economic policies should follow technological trends.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

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.

2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

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

2016年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文

Follow the track for the sake of plants.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Follow-up studies should last for one year.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

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

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

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

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

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

2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

I will show you how in the following chapters.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2015年高考英语重庆卷 完形填空 A 原文

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

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Individuals or groups may enter one of the following categories.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

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

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

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

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

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

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

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.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

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."

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

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

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

On which of following days will woman work?

2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 题设

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

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Steven stein likes to follow garbage trucks.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

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.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The following term, I registered for an asl class.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

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

2019年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

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

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

They seldom follow the French law.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

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.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Vaillant's study followed these males in great detail.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

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

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

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.

出自-2014年考研翻译原文

More apparent reasonableness followed.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

America should follow.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

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

2017年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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.

2019年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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

2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2020年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2019年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Verb
  • 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"

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。

反义词

vt.跟随;采用

leadprecede

其他释义

precedelead