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 -- 跟随；跟着

  • A dog followed us home. 一条狗跟着我们回了家。

  • She followed me into the kitchen. 她跟着我进了厨房。

  • He had the feeling he was being followed (= someone was going after him to catch him or see where he was going). 他觉得自己被跟踪了。

  • I could feel them following me with their eyes (= watching my movements closely). 我能感觉到他们密切注视着我的一举一动。

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

  • Follow the road for two miles, then turn left. 沿着这条路走两公里，然后向左转。

  • When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon follow suit. 一家航空公司降价，其余的会很快纷纷仿效。

• 1 to happen or come after something -- 发生；在…后发生

  • We were not prepared for the events that followed (= happened next). 我们没有料到后来发生的事。

  • The book was delivered yesterday with a note saying the bill for it would follow in a day or two. 这本书昨天送到，附信说书的账单一两天后会寄到。

  • The meal consisted of spinach salad, followed by roast chicken (= with this as the next part). 菜肴包括菠菜色拉，随后是烤鸡。

  • She published a book of poems and followed it (up) with (= next produced) a novel. 她出版了一部诗集，接着又出版了一本小说。

  • The winners are as follows - Woods, Smith, and Cassidy. 获胜者如下：伍兹，史密斯和卡西迪。

• 2 to obey or to act as ordered by someone -- 听从，遵循，遵从

  • Follow the instructions on the back of the packet carefully. 要仔细地按照盒子背面的使用说明操作。

  • I decided to follow her advice and go to bed early. 我决定听从她的建议，早早上床睡觉。

  • Muslims follow the teachings of the Koran. 穆斯林们遵从《可兰经》的教义。

• 3 to have a great interest in something or watch something closely -- 对…有浓厚兴趣；密切关注

  • He follows most sports avidly. 他对大多数体育运动有浓厚的兴趣。

  • They followed her academic progress closely. 他们密切关注她学业上的进展。

• 4 to happen as a result, or to be a likely result -- 产生…结果；是…的可能结果

  • [ + that ] Just because I agreed last time, it doesn't necessarily follow that I will again. 仅仅是我上次同意并不一定说明我还会再次同意。

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

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

  • His lecture was complicated and difficult to follow. 他的讲座复杂又难懂。

• 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；跟读

• 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. -- （在社交媒体上）跟进；成为粉丝