follow

['fɔləu]

v.跟随, 追赶, 紧接着, 注意, 遵循, 沿着, 明白
n.跟随

例句与用法：

The President's wife follows his every word.

总统夫人总是注意听他说的话。

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，宁可暂且随大溜。

Follow this road until you get to the corner, then turn left.

沿着这条路走到拐角处,然后向左转。

Inevitably, a quarrel followed between the two sides.

双方随後不可避免地争吵起来。

The little boy followed his father out.

小男孩跟随他父亲出去了。

The police are following a murderer who's in hiding.

警察正在追赶藏匿起来的杀人犯。

I didn't quite follow; could you explain it again?

我不太明白，你能再解释一下吗？

词形变化：

动词过去式: followed | 动词过去分词: followed | 动词现在分词: following | 动词第三人称单数: follows |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 跟随

My dog follows me to school.

我的狗跟着我去上学。

2. 接在……之后

Night follows day.

黑夜接着白天。

3. 沿着……行进

Follow this road to the bridge.

沿这条路一直走到桥边。

4. 追赶; 追逐; 追求

The dogs followed the fox.

这些狗一齐追赶着那狐狸。

5. 注视; 密切注意

The cat followed every movement of the mouse.

猫注视着老鼠的每一个动作。

6. 倾听

7. 听懂; 领会

Do you follow me?

你听懂我的话了吗?

8. 听从; 采用; 信奉

Follow my advice.

听我的劝告。

9. 因……而产生

Disease often follows malnutrition.

疾病常常起因于营养不良。

10. 从事(职业等)

vi.

1. 跟随

He leads; we follow.

他带路; 我们跟随。

2. 接着

3. 听懂; 领会

4. 结果产生

He is wrong, but it does not follow that you are right.

他错了, 但并不能由此推断你是对的。

短语词组：

as follows

1. 如下

The results are as follows, ...

结果如下……

follow on

1. 由……而起

His illness followed on the death of his wife.

他的病是因他妻子去世而引起的。

follow through

1. (把……)进行到底; 实现

He never follows through on his promises.

他从没实现过自己的诺言。

He decided to follow through the business first.

他决定先把这笔生意做完。

follow up

1. 把……贯彻到底

He failed to follow up my suggestion.

他没有照着我的建议做下去。

2. 对……采取进一步行动

The salesmen usually follow up a letter with a visit.

推销员往往在写了信之后又上门拜访。