follow是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to move behind someone or something and go where he, she, or it goes -- 跟隨；跟著

  • A dog followed us home. 一隻狗跟著我們回了家。

  • She followed me into the kitchen. 她跟著我進了廚房。

  • He had the feeling he was being followed (= someone was going after him to catch him or see where he was going). 他覺得自己被跟蹤了。

  • I could feel them following me with their eyes (= watching my movements closely). 我能感覺到他們密切注視著我的一舉一動。

  • Do your own thing, don't just follow the crowd (= do what everyone else does). 做你自己的事，不要只是隨波逐流。

  • Follow the road for two miles, then turn left. 沿著這條路走兩公里，然後向左轉。

  • When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon follow suit. 一間航空公司減價，其餘的會很快紛紛仿效。

• 1 to happen or come after something -- 發生；在…後發生

  • We were not prepared for the events that followed (= happened next). 我們沒有料到後來發生的事。

  • The book was delivered yesterday with a note saying the bill for it would follow in a day or two. 這本書昨天送到，附信說書的賬單一兩天後會寄到。

  • The meal consisted of spinach salad, followed by roast chicken (= with this as the next part). 菜肴包括菠菜沙拉，隨後是烤雞。

  • She published a book of poems and followed it (up) with (= next produced) a novel. 她出版了一部詩集，接著又出版了一本小說。

  • The winners are as follows - Woods, Smith, and Cassidy. 獲勝者如下：伍茲，史密斯和凱西迪。

• 2 to obey or to act as ordered by someone -- 聽從，遵循，遵從

  • Follow the instructions on the back of the packet carefully. 要仔細地按照盒子背面的使用說明操作。

  • I decided to follow her advice and go to bed early. 我決定聽從她的建議，早早上床睡覺。

  • Muslims follow the teachings of the Koran. 伊斯蘭教徒遵從《可蘭經》的教義。

• 3 to have a great interest in something or watch something closely -- 對…有濃厚興趣；密切關注

  • He follows most sports avidly. 他對大多數體育運動有濃厚的興趣。

  • They followed her academic progress closely. 他們密切關注她學業上的進展。

• 4 to happen as a result, or to be a likely result -- 産生…結果；是…的可能結果

  • [ + that ] Just because I agreed last time, it doesn't necessarily follow that I will again. 僅僅是我上次同意並不一定說明我還會再次同意。

• 5 to understand something as it is being said or done -- 理解，明白

  • I'm sorry, I don't quite follow (you). 對不起，我不太明白（你的意思）。

  • His lecture was complicated and difficult to follow. 他的講座複雜又難懂。

• 6 to read the notes or words of a piece of music or writing at the same time as they are being played or said -- 跟唱；跟讀

• 7 If you follow a particular person on a social media website (= a website where people can publish their thoughts, photographs, information about themselves etc.), you choose to see everything that person posts (= publishes) on the website. -- （在社群網路上）跟進