- 词义辨析
follow sb, follow at sb
follow at sb 的意思是“跟随某人”,而follow sb 的意思是“紧跟某人”。例如:She always follows at her husband.她总是跟随着她的丈夫。She followed her husband.她紧跟在她的丈夫之后。
follow advice, follow out sb's advice
这两个短语的意思并不完全相同,前者是“听从某人的忠告”的意思,后者有“完全遵照(某人的忠告)”的意味。
following, followed
followed和following在句中作状语时,其逻辑主语应该是句子的主语。如果主语是follow的执行者,应该用following; 如果主语是follow的承受者,就应该用followed。试比较:Tom came in, followed by his father.汤姆进来了,后头跟着他的爸爸。Tome came in, following his father.汤姆跟着他的爸爸进来了。
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词源词根法
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。
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- Trailn. [人名] 特雷尔; [地名] [加拿大、美国] 特雷尔
- TRAILabbr.肿瘤坏死因子相关凋亡诱导配体;配体;尾迹;肿瘤坏死因子相关细胞诱导配体;凋亡
- trackn.小道;跑道;铁轨;站台;歌曲;音轨;足迹;路径;班级;滑轨;履带;
- dogn.狗;蹩脚货;丑女人;卑鄙小人;
- obeyv.服从;遵守;
- trailn. (长串的)痕迹,踪迹,足迹;(尤指打猎时跟踪的)踪迹,臭迹;(乡间的)小路,小径
- heeln.脚后跟,踵;(鞋、袜等的后跟);(四足动物的)后脚;踵状物;
- observev.观察;看到;评论;遵守;庆祝;
- pursuevt.继续;追求;进行;追捕;
- heedvt.注意,留心;
- tailn. 尾巴;踪迹;辫子;燕尾服
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单词解说
follow的基本意思是“跟随”,可用于时间、顺序,也可用于逻辑上或理解上的相随,引申可表示“追求”。
follow可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。
同根单词
follower跟随者
- 双语例句 更多例句
Follow the tried and trusted methods that have stood the test of time.
遵照这种经过时间考验已被证实可信的方法。
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赖希尔从公司的离职被认为是因为与现在掌管公司的老约翰·赖希尔意见不合。
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We left him there to float off with the tide, and told him to follow the coast.
我们把他放在那里,让他随波漂流,并且告诉他要沿着海岸线走。
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Just follow your nose and in about five minutes you're at the old railway.
径直往前开,大约5分钟就能到旧铁路线。
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She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray.
她打定主意必须像平时一样生活,遵循自己通常的作息规律,同时怀抱希望、虔诚祈祷。
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She should remember that she is a mother and a public figure and that others may follow her example.
她应该记住自己是位母亲,也是位公众人物,别人可能会以她为榜样。
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Turn left at the corner, then just follow your nose and you're sure to find it.
在拐角处左转, 然后径直往前走,你肯定会找到它的.
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An officer took a statement from me, but no one's bothered to follow it up.
一位警官收集了我的供述,但却没有人愿意追查下去。
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It is a very sociable diet to follow because you don't have to put anyone out.
这是一份适合各种场合的食谱,你用不着给任何人添麻烦。
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这样做是本末倒置;选举应该在宪法确定之后举行,而不是之前。
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They follow minutely the news from abroad on Cable News Network.
他们密切追踪有线电视新闻网上的国外新闻。
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- follow on继续,随之发生;
- follow out跟在…之后离开;贯彻,依照…完成;
- Follow me跟我来;
- follow like sheepv.盲从;
- follow in跟进;跟上投篮;
- follow someone's example遵循某人的榜样
- follow upvt.把…贯彻到底,对…采取进一步行动;跟着,追逐,继续;
- follow close to the line of紧跟在队伍旁边
- follow the herd跟着牛群
- follow my leader(一种儿童游戏)学领袖;
- follow home穷追,追根到底;
- follow the fashionv.赶时髦;
- follow one's nose笔直往前走;靠嗅觉指引;凭直觉行事;
- as followadv.依下列各项;
- follow the rules遵守规则;
- follow through保持,坚持;进行到底;
- follow in someone's footsteps见 footstep;
- follow up on追踪;继续采用;
- follow in sb.'s foot steps跟随某人。脚台阶
- follow suit跟着做,照着做;如法炮制;踵武;依葫芦画瓢;
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- typhoon n.台风;
- Surround v.围绕;包围;与…密切相关;喜欢结交;n.边饰;环境;
- appetite n.欲望;胃口,食欲;嗜好,爱好;
- wonderful adj.精彩的;令人高兴的;令人惊奇的;
- slavery n.奴隶身份;奴隶制度;苦役,奴隶般的劳动;奴役,束缚,屈从,耽迷(酒色等);
- architect n.建筑师,设计师;创造者,缔造者;造物主;
- exercise n. 练习;运动,训练;运用;vi. 锻炼,训练,练习;
- communicate v.沟通;传递;传染;相通;
- magazine n.杂志,期刊;(电视、广播)专题节目;子弹夹,弹匣,弹仓;
- greatly adv.非常,极大地;
- purpose n.意图;目的;用途;目标;情势的需要;重要意义;有价值的意义;意志vt.有意;打算;企图(做);决意(做)
- scarce adj.缺乏的,罕见的;adv.勉强;仅仅;几乎不;简直不;