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| 1 | I/T to walk , drive etc behind someone , when you are going in the same direction as them 跟随；紧跟 |
| Ralph set off down the hill, and I followed. 拉尔夫开始下山，我紧随其后。 |
| follow sb up/down/to/through/into etc Jim opened the door and followed me down the corridor. 吉姆打开门跟随我穿过走廊。 |
| | 1a | T to walk , drive etc closely behind someone in order to watch them 跟踪；盯梢 | | I felt sure that someone was following me. 我肯定有人在跟踪我。 | | I think we’ re being followed. 我觉得我们正在被人跟踪。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to happen or come after something else 接着（…）发生；紧接 |
| The Six o’ clock news follows shortly. 马上接下来的是6点钟的新闻。 |
| the days/weeks/years etc that followed In the weeks that followed the situation was very tense. 在接下来的几周里形势很紧张。 |
| be followed by sth The wedding will be followed by a reception. 婚礼紧接着是招待会。 |
| We had soup followed by roast lamb with spring vegetables. 我们喝完汤，紧接着是烤羊羔加春天的时令蔬菜。 |
| to follow (=available to be eaten next) There’ s apple pie and cream to follow. 接着有；下一道菜是 |
| there follows sth There followed seven months of hard negotiations. 接着是7个月艰苦的谈判。 |
| | 2a | to happen as a direct result of something else 由…引起；因…所致 | | Wild celebrations followed the announcement. 这个通告引发了疯狂的庆祝活动。 | | They were warned that if the rebels did not surrender, severe reprisals would follow. 他们受到警告，如果叛乱者们不投降，严厉的报复将随之而来。 | |
| | 2b | T if you follow one thing with another , you do the second after you have done the first 使后接 | | She followed the success of her first book with another remarkable novel. 她在第一本书获得成功以后紧接着又写了一本引人注目的小说。 | |
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| 3 | T to watch where someone or something is going 注视；追踪 |
| His eyes followed the car to the end of the drive. 他的眼睛注视着那辆车开往车道的尽头。 |
| | 3a | to listen carefully to what someone is saying 倾听 | | He followed every word of the trial. 他专心听了整个审判的每句话。 | |
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| 4 | T to obey an order or do what someone has advised you to do 遵照，遵守（命令）；听从，采纳（建议） |
| You must follow a few simple guidelines. 你必须遵守几条简单的准则。 |
| follow sb’ s advice/suggestion She refused to follow our advice. 她拒绝听从我们的劝告。 |
| follow directions/instructions/orders/rules The manufacturer’ s instructions should always be followed carefully. 应该认真遵守制造商的使用说明。 |
| | 4a | T to go where signs and directions tell you to go 按照（标志或指示）行进 | | We followed Joe’ s directions and found the house easily. 我们按照乔的指示走，很容易就找到了那幢房子。 | | Follow the signs for Lancaster. 按照前往兰开斯特的标志走。 | |
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| 5 | T to go along a road , river etc in the same direction as it does 沿着（道路、河流等）走 |
| Follow the road down the hill into the village. 沿着这条路下山进村。 |
| | 5a | to go along a path parallel to something 沿着…行进 | | The road follows the old stream bed. 这条路沿着以前的小河河床向前延伸。 | |
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| 6 | T to be interested in the progress or development of someone or something 关心，关注（…的进展或发展） |
| My father’ s followed the same football team for forty years. 我父亲关注同一支足球队已有40年。 |
| Have you been following the election campaign? 你一直在关注选举活动吗？ |
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| 7 | T often in negatives or questions to understand something , especially something long or complicated 理解，明白（尤指冗长或复杂的事物） |
| I couldn’ t follow what Professor Hope was saying. 我听不懂霍普教授所讲的内容。 |
| I’ m sorry, I don’ t quite follow you. 很抱歉，我不太明白你的意思。 |
| easy/difficult to follow Their system is pretty easy to follow. 他们的系统相当容易理解。 |
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| 8 | I/T to do the same thing that someone else has done 仿效 |
| What one child does, others will follow. 一个孩子做的事，其他孩子就会仿效。 |
| follow sb into sth (=decide to do the same job as someone else) She decided not to follow her mother into banking. 仿效某人从事某项工作 |
| follow sb’ s example/lead Canada may follow the EU’ s example by banning these products. 加拿大可能会仿效欧盟禁止这些产品。 |
| Other students followed her lead and boycotted lectures. 其他学生仿效她抵制讲座。 |
| follow suit (=do what someone else has done) They began to offer takeout food, and other restaurants followed suit. 跟着做；跟风 |
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| 9 | T if you follow a profession or way of life , you do that job or spend your life in that way 从事（…职业）；遵循（…生活方式） |
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| 10 | T to believe what a religion or system of ideas teaches and do the things that it tells you to do 信奉；信仰 |
| I follow the teachings of the Buddha. 我信奉佛教。 |
| those who follow Christianity 信奉基督教的人 |
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| 11 | T to happen according to a particular pattern or course 按照某种模式（或进程）发生 |
| All the murders have followed the same grisly pattern. 所有这些谋杀都按照同样可怖的模式发生。 |
| Up to now, ozone losses have tended to follow a two-year cycle. 截至目前，臭氧层破坏往往每两年发生一次。 |
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| 12 | I if something follows, it must be true because of something else that is true 推论出 |
| +from Two important implications follow from this. 由此推论出两点重要的含义。 |
| it follows (that) It does not necessarily follow that all criminals come from deprived backgrounds. 未必能这样认为，所有罪犯都来自缺乏良好教育的家庭背景。 |
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| 13 | T to deal with the progress or development of someone or something in a book , film , or television programme （书、电影或电视节目）描述，记述 |
| The film follows the adventures of an ant called Flick. 这部影片记述了一只名叫弗利克的蚂蚁的历险故事。 |
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| - | as follows
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| used when you are going to give more details about something |
| 如下（用于补充细节） |
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| - | follow the crowd/herd
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| to do something because most other people are doing it |
| 从众；随大流 |
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| - | follow your nose
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| 1 | to do what you feel is right in a particular situation , although you are not certain 凭直觉行事 |
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| 2 | to go straight forward , without turning 笔直向前 | Just follow your nose until you see the school car park. 笔直向前走到可以看见学校的停车场。 | |
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| - | follow (hard) on the heels of sth
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| to happen very soon after something else |
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| The factory closure follows hard on the heels of several others. 这家工厂紧随其他几家工厂倒闭了。 |
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| - | ˌfollow aˈround or ˌfollow aˈbout |
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| | follow sb around/about: to follow someone wherever they go , especially in a way that annoys them （尤指令人厌烦地）到处跟随着 | Henry’ s been following me around like a puppy! 亨利一直像小狗一样到处跟着我！ | |
| - | ˌfollow ˈthrough |
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| 1 | I/T to continue doing something until it has been completed （把…）进行到底 | Jack is always starting projects, but he rarely follows through. 杰克老是在开始各项计划，但很少进行到底。 | | +with The government needs to follow through with some very necessary reforms. 政府需要将有些非常必要的改革进行到底。 | |
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| 2 | I to continue the movement of your arm or leg after you have hit , kicked, or thrown a ball in a sport （击球后）做随球动作 |
| - | ˌfollow ˈup |
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| 1 | I/T to try to find out more about something or do something more to deal with it 追查；追究；（使）贯彻到底 | They never followed my complaint up. 他们从来没有对我的投诉进行过追查。 | | The police are now following up some new leads. 警察现在正在追查一些新线索。 | |
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| 2 | T +with: to do something in addition to what you have already done , in order to be certain of achieving your aim 采取后续行动；补充（以达到目的） | Follow up the phone call with a written confirmation. 致电后再追加一份书面确认函。 | |
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| 3 | T to check the health of someone who has received medical treatment , in order to be certain that it was effective 随访（接受过治疗的人） | The study followed up over 200 heart patients. 该研究随访了200多位心脏病人。 | |
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