- coming after or as a result of在…以后：
police are hunting for two men following a spate of robberies in the area.
在该地区发生一连串抢劫案后, 警察正在搜捕两名男子。
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- a body of supporters or admirers（一批）拥护者, 追随者; 敬慕者。
2
the following
treated as sing. or pl. what follows or comes next下列, 如下：the following are both grammatically correct sentences.
下列两句都是语法正确的句子。
attrib.
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- next in time接着的, 随后的：
the following day there was a ceremony in St Peter's Square.
第二天在圣彼得广场举行了仪式。
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- about to be mentioned下列的, 如下的：
you are required to provide us with the following information.
你必须向我们提供如下信息。
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- (of a wind) blowing in the same direction as the course of a vehicle or vessel（风）顺的。