"The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"
"Please follow the guide through the museum"
"Tuesday always follows Monday"
"It follows that your assertion is false"
"the theorem falls out nicely"
"follow the road"
"follow the trail"
"He complied with my instructions"
"You must comply or else!"
"follow these simple rules"
"abide by the rules"
"A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"
"follow a pattern"
"follow my example"
"Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
"She followed the feminist movement"
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
"She followed dinner with a brandy"
"He followed his lecture with a question and answer period"
"Teenagers follow their friends in everything"
"We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"
"trace the student's progress"
"Keep an eye on the baby, please!"
"The world is watching Sarajevo"
"She followed the men with the binoculars"
"Carter followed Ford"
"Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
"The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
"He kept up on his country's foreign policies"
"Melons come from a vine"
"Understanding comes from experience"
"Let's follow our great helmsman!"
"She followed a guru for years"
"These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"
"He is a herpetologist"
"She is our resident philosopher"
"The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
"The police car pursued the suspected attacker"
"Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
"Can you follow her argument?"
"When he lectures, I cannot follow"
"Stick to your principles"
"stick to the diet"
1.跟随;跟着
If youfollow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place.
follow
e.g. 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。
e.g. Pleasefollow me, madam...
请跟我来，夫人。
2.尾随;跟踪
If youfollow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them without their knowledge, in order to catch them or find out where they are going.
e.g. She realized that the Mercedes was following her...
她意识到那辆奔驰在跟踪她。
e.g. I think we're being followed.
我想我们被跟踪了。
3.追随
If youfollow someone to a place where they have recently gone and where they are now, you go to join them there.
e.g. 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。
4.接着…发生;在…后发生
An event, activity, or period of time thatfollows a particular thing happens or comes after that thing, at a later time.
follow什么意思
e.g. ...the rioting and looting that followed the verdict...
判决宣布之后发生的暴乱和抢劫
e.g. 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。
5.在…后做(或说)
If youfollow one thingwith another, you do or say the second thing after you have done or said the first thing.
follow什么意思
e.g. 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》。
6.可以推断出;由此得出
If itfollows that a particular thing is the case, that thing is a logical result of something else being true or being the case.
e.g. Just because a bird does not breed one year, it does notfollow 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。
e.g. If the explanation is right, two thingsfollow...
如果解释是正确的，可以推断出两件事。
7.(文章或讲演)接下来是,后面的是，下面是
If you refer to the words thatfollow orfollowed, you are referring to the words that come next or came next in a piece of writing or speech.
e.g. What follows is an eyewitness account...
接下来的是目击者的陈述。
e.g. 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。
8.循着，沿着(道路、标志等)
If youfollow a path, route, or set of signs, you go somewhere using the path, route, or signs to direct you.
e.g. 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。
e.g. All we had to do wasfollow the map...
我们所要做的就是按照地图走。
9.(小径、河流等)沿着，经过
If something such as a path or riverfollows a particular route or line, it goes along that route or line.
e.g. 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。
e.g. The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course.
洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。
10.注视(运动物体);(眼睛)跟随着
If youfollow something with your eyes, or if your eyesfollow it, you watch it as it moves or you look along its route or course.
e.g. 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。
11.按照…方式发展;以…方式发生
Something thatfollows a particular course of development happens or develops in that way.
e.g. His release turned out tofollow 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。
12.接受，遵循(建议、指示等);按(菜谱)进行
If youfollow advice, an instruction, or a recipe, you act or do something in the way that it indicates.
e.g. Take care tofollow the instructions carefully...
注意严格按照说明进行。
e.g. No two chefsfollow the same recipe.
每个厨师都有不同的烹饪方式。
13.仿效;效仿
If youfollow what someone else has done, you do it too because you think it is a good thing or because you want to copy them.
e.g. His admiration for the athlete did not extend to the point where he wouldfollow 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。
e.g. Where eastern Germany goes the rest will surelyfollow.
东德怎样做，其他地方一定会效仿。
14.沿袭;继承
If youfollow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously.
e.g. He followed his father and became a surgeon...
他子承父业，成为了一名外科医生。
e.g. 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。
15.理解，跟得上(解释或故事情节)
If you are able tofollow something such as an explanation or the story of a film, you understand it as it continues and develops.
follow在线翻译
e.g. Can youfollow the plot so far?...
目前为止剧情你能看得懂吗？
e.g. I'm afraid I don'tfollow.
恐怕我没明白。
16.追踪;对…感兴趣;关注
If youfollow something, you take an interest in it and keep informed about what happens.
follow的近义词
e.g. ...the millions of people whofollow 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
e.g. She was following Laura's progress closely.
她密切关注着劳拉的进展。
17.以…为原型;讲述…的故事
A story, film, or television programme thatfollows someone or something is about their experiences over a particular period of time.
e.g. The film follows the fortunes of two women.
这部电影讲述了两个女人的命运。
18.(欣赏节目的同时)对照看(脚本或乐谱)
If youfollow a score or written copy of a play, you read it while you listen to it being performed.
e.g. ...an annotated version of Mozart's opera that allows the listener tofollow 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
19.信奉;追随;支持;拥护
If youfollow a particular religion or political belief, you have that religion or belief.
e.g. 'Do youfollow any particular religion?' — 'Yes, we're all Hindus.'
“你们有自己的宗教信仰吗？”——“是的，我们都是印度教徒。”
20.如下;分别是
You useas follows in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or explanation.
e.g. The winners are asfollows: E. Walker; R. Foster; R. Gates; A. Mackintosh...
优胜者分别是：E.沃克、R.福斯特、R.盖茨和A.麦金托什。
e.g. This can be done if you proceed as follows.
按照如下操作即可完成。
21.紧随其后;其次是
You usefollowed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things.
e.g. Potatoes are still the most popular food, followed by white bread.
马铃薯仍然是最受欢迎的食物，其次是白面包。
22.下一道菜
After mentioning one course of a meal, you can mention the next course by saying what you will haveto follow or what there will beto follow .
e.g. He decided on roast chicken and vegetables, with apple pie tofollow.
他决定点烤鸡配蔬菜，然后是苹果派。
23. tofollow in someone's footsteps -> see footstep
24. tofollow your nose -> see nose
25. tofollow suit -> see suit
26.探究;钻研;深入研究
If youfollow through an action, plan, or idea orfollow throughwith it, you continue doing or thinking about it until you have done everything possible.
e.g. The leadership has been unwilling tofollow through the implications of these ideas...
领导层不愿意对这些想法的含意进行深入探究。
e.g. I was trained to be an actress but I didn'tfollow it through...
我接受过演员培训，但是我没有坚持下去。
27.追查;将…深入下去;对…采取进一步行动
If youfollow up something that has been said, suggested, or discovered, you try to find out more about it or take action about it.
e.g. State security police are following up several leads...
国家安全警察正在追查几条线索。
e.g. An officer took a statement from me, but no one's bothered tofollow it up.
一位警官收集了我的供述，但却没有人愿意追查下去。
相关词组：follow throughfollow up
1. 遵循：它可以是口头上的、民间意义上的乡规民约,可以是文字性的,也可以是非文字性的......最重要的标准是看它是否正在规范着人们的行为,即人们是否在遵循(follow)它.
2. 跟：Paul和Diane 帮助(help)她,不是在后面推(push)她,也不用带(take)着她,而是要她跟(follow)在他们后面. 6 B 前后照应 到了他们家(house)附近的一个服务站. 后文的follow us home 有所暗示. 结果服务站却没有合适的与之相配(go with)的轮胎.
