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ldoce_116_ffol·low /ˈfɒləʊ $ ˈfɑːloʊ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb  
1  go after 在⋯之后去 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FOLLOW to go, walk, drive etc behind or after someone else 跟着，跟随
 Are those men following us?
那些人在跟着我们吗？
 The patrol car followed the BMW for a few miles and then lost it.
巡逻车跟了那辆宝马几英里，后来就跟丢了。
 Tom’s already gone out to Rome and his wife and children will follow shortly.
汤姆已经去罗马了，他的妻儿很快就会跟着去。
follow somebody into/to etc something
 Peggy followed her out onto the landing.
佩姬跟着她出来走到楼梯平台上。
→5  See picture of chase 追逐, follow 跟随
2  happen after 在…后发生 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]AFTER to happen or do something after something else 紧随其后；在…后发生[做]
 The agreement followed months of negotiation.
经过数月的谈判，协议达成了。
 The assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 was followed by that of Robert Kennedy.
1968年马丁•路德•金遭暗杀，之后是罗伯特•肯尼迪。
there follows something
 After weeks of intense fighting, there followed a brief period of calm.
几个星期的激战之后，接下来是短暂的平静。
 Most EU countries have signed the agreement and the US is expected to follow shortly (=soon).
大多数欧盟国家已签署这份协议，预计美国也会紧随其后。
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3  come after 在…之后来 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]AFTER to come directly after something else in a series, list, or order 紧随而来；位于…之后，在…之后 → following
 The chapters that follow deal mainly with mathematics.
之后的几章主要讲数学。
 In English, the letter Q is always followed by U.
英语中，字母Q之后总跟着字母U。
 We had vegetable casserole with a fruit salad to follow (=as part of a meal).
我们吃了蔬菜砂锅，然后是水果色拉。
there follows something
 There followed several pages of incomprehensible statistics.
接下来是数页难懂的统计资料。
4  as follows LISTused to introduce a list of things that you will mention next 如下
 The winners are as follows: in third place, Mandy Johnson; in second place ...
获胜者如下: 第三名，曼迪•约翰逊；第二名…
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as follows• A rather similar, and equally mistaken, line of thought which might appeal is as follows.• These targets may be analysed on the basis of buying process roles, as follows.• Using the terminology derived from holography, we can reinterpret these waves as follows.• The winners in the color photography category are as follows: J. Robinson, D. Smith, R. Lewis.
5  do what SB says 按某人说的做THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHT [transitiveT] to do something in the way that someone has told or advised you to do it 听从，遵循
 He followed the doctor’s advice and had no further trouble.
他听从了医生的建议，就没有再出现问题。
 Follow the instructions very carefully when filling in the form.
认真地按照说明填写表格。
 They followed the plan that Elizabeth had worked out.
他们采用了伊丽莎白制订的计划。
6  follow the signs/somebody’s directions ADVISEto go somewhere by a particular way according to road signs or to what someone has told you 跟着路标/某人指引的方向
 Just follow the signs for the airport.
跟着机场方向的路标走就行了。
 I followed Brown’s directions and found the farm quite easily.
我按着布朗指的路，很容易就找到了农场。
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follow the signs/somebody’s directions• He made his way quickly to Mrs Brooks' house, following the postman's directions.• If you're using sterilising solution, follow the manufacturer's directions.• One involves focus groups, where a representative customer is selected and asked to perform a task by following the enclosed directions.• Process through a pasta machine following the manufacturer's directions.• But, if you use cleaning products, you must follow the manufacturer's directions explicitly.
7  do the same thing 做同样的事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]IMITATE to do the same thing as someone else 跟风；仿效
 Some state schools follow the example of private schools in asking parents to donate money.
有些公立学校仿效私立学校的做法，要求家长捐款。
 Environmentalists are urging the government to follow the lead of Scandinavian countries in this matter.
环保主义者敦促政府在这件事上仿效斯堪的纳维亚国家的做法。
 She’s just like any young woman who enjoys following the latest fashions (=wearing fashionable clothes).
她和任何年轻女性一样，喜欢追随时尚。
follow somebody into something (=do the same job as someone else) 追随某人做某事
 He does not want to follow his father into a scientific career.
他不想追随父亲从事科学工作。
8. believe in STH 信仰某事物 [transitiveT]RRRELIGION to believe in and obey a particular set of religious or political ideas 信奉〔某一宗教或政治主张〕
9  go in particular direction 朝某一方向走 [transitiveT]
10  understand 理解 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]UNDERSTAND to understand something such as an explanation or story 理解，明白 SYN grasp
11  be a result 成为结果 [intransitiveI]RESULT to be true as a result of something else that is true 是…的结果
12  be interested 感兴趣 [transitiveT]SUPPORT A TEAM OR PLAYER to be interested in something and in the way it develops 关注
13  follow a pattern/course/trend etc IMITATEto continue to happen or develop in a particular way, especially in a way that is expected 按照某一模式/遵循某一进程/按照某种趋势等
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follow a pattern/course/trend etc• For troubled marriages, researcher Karen Kayser has found, follow a pattern.• The results of these contradictions tend to follow a pattern.• These sections naturally follow one from the other, and thus the organization of the headings in these two chapters follows patterns.• This observation follows a pattern frequently encountered in research in this area.• Lesson four: don't follow trends Like Buddhism and Epping Forest, the road to fitness has many paths.• In this venture, Clinton is following a course set by a number of his predecessors.• He followed a pattern set two years ago by former Sen.
14  follow suit IMITATEto do the same as someone else has done 跟着做，照着做，仿效
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follow suit• When Allied Stores reduced their prices, other companies were forced to follow suit.• As Little Rock cashes in, other Arkansas towns are following suit.• He had sold all his sheep and bought a truck, and was trying to convince others that they should follow suit.• Other countries are preparing to follow suit.• The federal court system already offers no discretionary challenges to potential jurors, and state courts could follow suit.• Clothiers in Baintree and Barking followed suit and demanded the return of thrums from their weavers.• Alvin followed suit, but he had a few falls anyway as he went into one of his famous knee slides.• Almost all anthropologists have followed suit, speaking of primitive cultures as compared with the civilizations that more developed societies have evolved.• Orkney Presbytery followed suit, stating their very grave misgivings about the procedures followed by Orkney Islands Council.
15  follow in somebody’s footsteps IMITATEto do the same job or to work or live in the same way as someone else before you, especially someone in your family 步某人的后尘，继承某人〔尤指家人〕的事业
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follow in somebody’s footsteps• We will watch with interest what happens to these two women officers and to the young women who wish to follow in their footsteps.• And what would become of the two remaining women cadets, and the many more who hoped to follow in their footsteps?• Other talented women are fast following in her footsteps.• My father was always disappointed that Joey didn't follow in his footsteps and take over the farm.• He had hopes of following in the footsteps of Dositej and becoming minister of education.• The division has followed in the footsteps of Pochin's mobile concrete pumping division who achieved the accreditation last year.• You can follow in the footsteps of the legions at Fishbourne Roman Palace: one of the finest built outside Rome itself.• There were few chuckles in this heavy duty drama, which followed in the footsteps of Widows, Prime Suspect Civvies.• Now the powerful midfielder is following in Shearer's footsteps towards stardom.• Popular dancers who tried to follow in his tapping footsteps understood what he had accomplished.
16  be about 关于 [transitiveT]DESCRIBEABOUT to show or describe someone’s life or a series of events, for example in a film or book 〔电影或书等〕呈现，叙述
17  be a hard act to follow FOLLOWto be so good or successful at something that it will be difficult for the next person, team etc to be as good 是难以企及的
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be a hard act to follow• Clearly Amelia was a hard act to follow.• Judith will be a hard act to follow.• Colm Toibin's piece will be a hard act to follow but I suspect you are up to it.• It was a hard act to follow, but the poor did what they could to provide respectable funerals for their dead.
18  watch carefully 仔细观察 [transitiveT]WATCHLISTEN to carefully watch someone do something 密切注视
19  think about/study 考虑/研究 [transitiveT] to study or think about a particular idea or subject and try to learn something from it 考虑，研究
20. follow your instincts/feelings/gut reaction etc to do the thing that you immediately feel is best without needing to stop and think about it 凭直觉/感觉/本能反应等
21. follow the herd/crowd IMITATEto do the same thing that most other people are doing, without really thinking about it for yourself – used to show disapproval 随大溜〔含贬义〕
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follow the herd/crowd• But Viroli is not one simply to follow the herd.• The only advice from Miss Doris was to follow the crowd.• I follow the crowd back to a coffee shop.• All they get is sad sheep for fans ... who just follow the crowd - try and be uncontroversial.
22  follow your nose informal
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follow your nose• I don't really have a career plan - I just follow my nose.• Turn left on 6th Avenue, then just follow your nose.• Finding her was easy enough, I just followed my nose.• I smelled the coffee and followed my nose.• When the rooftop vanished behind a yellow bluff of gorse, you followed your nose.• You are on the right track so follow your nose.• Lucky girl, Ruth thought miserably as she followed her nose to the kitchen, a choice of two men.• She followed her nose, turning into a passage which led to the back of a small bakery.• In search of an answer, you follow your nose, wherever it leads, actively pursuing the mystery.
23. follow a profession/trade/way of life etc BODto do a particular job or have a particular way of life 从事某种职业/从事某种行业/遵循某种生活方式等
n24. [transitiveT] to look at the messages sent by a particular person using the social networking service Twitter
 THESAURUS
follow to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going 跟随；跟踪
The man had followed her home to find out where she lived.
那名男子跟踪她回家，想查出她住在哪里。
nFollow that car!
nHe hired a detective to follow her.
chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape 追逐；追捕
Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.
警方沿高速公路追逐那辆车，时速达到90英里。
run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them 追赶某人
I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.
我想追上他道个歉，可他已经上了公共汽车。
stalk /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them 〔为猎杀动物或袭击某人而〕悄悄跟踪
a tiger stalking its prey
悄悄跟踪猎物的一只老虎
He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.
他有很长一段时间跟踪过住在他附近的女性。
pursue /pəˈsjuː $ pərˈsuː/ written to chase someone in a very determined way 对…紧追不放
The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.
那艘船一直被敌军潜艇紧紧追击。
give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you 追赶〔试图逃脱的人或物〕
One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man.
其中一名警察追上去逮捕了那个男子。
The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.
小牛奔逃，狮子在后面追。
tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go 跟踪，盯梢
Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.
显然,警方已经跟踪恐怖分子好几个月了。
track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground 〔根据痕迹〕追踪
The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.
布须曼人在卡拉哈里沙漠追踪羚羊。
 PHRASAL VERBS
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follow• Opening statements may not come until late next week, with witnesses and evidence following.• This advice will not be easy to follow.• Do you follow baseball at all?• Suddenly there was a shout from above, immediately followed by a loud bang.• China's first nuclear test in October 1964 was closely followed by a second in May 1965.• Each chapter is followed by a set of exercises.• Then, through the rain, she heard a scratching sound, followed by a sharp, impatient bark.• In English the letter Q is always followed by a U.• Classes will be held daily from 8 to 10 p. m., followed by practice at local tango bars until midnight.• She complained to the police officer that she was being followed by two strangers.• He followed her home to find out where she lived.• She didn't notice that Jack had followed her into the kitchen.• She could see no sign of anyone following her.• Marlowe looked over his shoulder to make sure no one was following him.• Follow me and I'll show you where the library is.• My little brother's been following me around all day.• Did you make sure you weren't followed on the way over here?• He was a military man, and therefore used to following orders.• Follow the Iceberg Lake trail until you reach the shore.• Several biotech companies are following the same line of research.• I had difficulty following the story - there are so many different characters.• A full report follows this chapter.• I'll drive, and you can follow us.• It was one of those paintings where the eyes follow you.• I have followed your instructions exactly.
follow shortly• Armando Guebuza, expressed the hope that a comprehensive ceasefire agreement would follow shortly.• By 4 p. m. Monday, half the plants were already down and others were expected to follow shortly.• Doing so allows the inflammation to reoccur and an asthma attack can follow shortly.• This may not be possible, so we apologise if any are missing, and guarantee, they will follow shortly.• The House approved it 414-16, and the Senate followed shortly afterward with a vote of 91-5.• His resignation from a job scheduled to end in 2003 followed shortly afterwards.• The next examination was scheduled for April, to be followed shortly by a new intake.• The first telephone call followed shortly thereafter.
Follow ... instructions• All you do is highlight the address, click on the Envelope button on the toolbar, and follow the instructions.• Dale says that anyone who is having problems with epoflex is not following the instructions.• You should take the Steamatic, securely re-packaged, to a Post Office and follow the instructions given.• Follow the instructions on each page.• To become a donor, simply click through and follow the instructions on how to print out the card.• Follow the instructions on the can.• Read and follow the instructions on the packet.• Follow the instructions printed on the back of the box.
follow somebody into something• Cox's son Robert followed him into the family business.
easy/difficult/hard etc to follow• Try to listen to and understand others, even if you find what they say uncongenial or hard to follow. 3.• A little care is needed with the directions in section 7 otherwise the route is easy to follow.• The makeup of their various military coalitions is not always easy to follow.• This advice will not be easy to follow.• Walker gives routes a pitch by pitch description where he feels they are hard to follow.• Mr. Wilkinson I am trying hard to follow the hon. Gentleman's logic.• From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.• It is therefore, very difficult to follow up adults who have enquired about courses but not actually applied.
It ... follow that• If utilitarianism has no way of making equity matter, it does not follow that equity is unimportant or insignificant.• From this it follows that far more transactions could well be caught under the section than at first appears.• It does not follow that in owning a funboard you should only learn funboard techniques.• Since no one could know all this, it follows that no one could understand the meaning of these words.• It followed that Northumberland's men were in a sense Gloucester's men, even though the duke could not retain them directly.• It follows that the academic community and research are directly interrelated.• It follows that the duty can not be expected to play a major part in controlling managerialist tendencies.• Nor does it follow that this second meaning should be given pedagogic preference over the first.
followed ... with ... eyes• They followed it with their eyes as it slowly climbed toward the hospital.
From Longman Business Dictionary
followfollow /ˈfɒləʊˈfɑːloʊ/ verb
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to come or happen afterwards
The company’s decision to diversify follows a sharp decline in demand for its products.
As the recession worsened, further closures followed.
2[intransitiveI] (also follow on) to be sent or paid later
You can pay a deposit of £400 now, with the balance to follow within 30 days.
3[transitiveT] to do something in the way that someone has told or advised you to do it, or according to the instructions that say how it should be done
If you’d followed my advice, we’d still be in profit.
The contractor was fined for failing to follow proper safety procedures.
Just follow the guidelines contained in this report.
4[transitiveT] to act according to a particular plan or set of ideas
The Chancellor is expected to follow a cautious economicpolicy.
The company had followed the wrong strategy.
5[transitiveT] to happen or develop in the same way as something else
These recent mergers appear to be following a trend.
If one company drops its prices, the others have to follow suit (=do the same thing).
6follow an occupation/trade/career etc formal to do a particular job or trade
He intends to follow a legal career.
→ follow something → up
→ follow something up with something
Origin follow
Old English folgian
fol·low verb
→10-24

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