| 单词 | follow |
| 释义 | fol·low I. transitive verb 1. < the bravest man I ever knew followed me up San Juan Hill — Theodore Roosevelt > 2. a. < fraud statutes, the principle of which is to follow and punish the security swindler under the criminal law — Frank Parker > b. < yearning in desire to follow knowledge — Alfred Tennyson > 3. a. < we have forsaken all, and followed thee — Mt 19:27 (Authorized Version) > b. < follow directions > < follow a policy > c. < the girl must learn to follow the man's lead > 4. a. < the new building follows the facades and roof lines of the original buildings — Maxwell Mays > b. < school enrollment follows the birthrate > < the condition of the ionosphere has followed the course of the sun's activity — London Calling > 5. a. < follow a path through the woods > b. < those who follow the sea > < a district where cotton raising is widely followed > 6. a. < followed his poor body to the grave > b. dialect < he followed her home from the party > 7. a. < a juggling act followed the singer > b. < followed dinner with a liqueur > < followed a fine first novel with an even finer one > 8. a. < the Nemesis that attends upon human pride, the vengeance that follows crime — G.L.Dickinson > b. < the flag often follows trade > < houses followed the factories > 9. a. < followed the ball over the fence > b. < follow a speech > < follow a play > c. < follow a magazine serial > : keep abreast of < followed the developments in his field > < his friends followed his career with interest > d. < I don't quite follow you > intransitive verb 1. < if one sheep goes through the gate the rest will follow > 2. < as they were rich but it did not follow that they had not made their money honestly — Margaret Deland > Synonyms: < George III succeeded George II > < George III succeeded to the throne after George II > It is likely to suggest a fixed, predictable, or likely order, although it does not always do so < simplicity of concept succeeds complexity of calculation — E.T.Bell > < the anxieties of common life began soon to succeed to the alarms of romance — Jane Austen > ensue means to follow; it is likely to indicate following as a consequence or plausible concomitant and is unlikely to be used with completely unusual or unexpected developments < the riot which ensued on that damp evening — T.B.Costain > < if a leech is pulled off … he is liable to leave his jaws in the wound, and blood poisoning may ensue — C.S.Forester > supervene indicates a taking place after or during something else of an additional, unlooked-for, unpredictable development which may change or counter expectations < two worlds, two antagonistic ideals, here in evidence before him. Could a third condition supervene, to mend their discord — Walter Pater > < with this undue elevation of spirits had supervened an entire oblivion or contempt of those undefined apprehensions — Sheridan Le Fanu > Synonyms: < what was it that made men follow Oliver Cromwell and take at his hands that which they would not receive from any of his contemporaries — S.M.Crothers > < my man that shall … do all a hunter can to trace and follow and find and catch and crucify … all your crew — Robert Browning > pursue indicates a persistent, determined, continuing following after in order to overtake or attain < as lean dogs pursue some struck and sobbing fawn — P.B.Shelley > < he pursues his object with a pertinacity and ingenuity that does credit to his understanding — S.M.Crothers > < to pursue every tangle of thought to its final unravelment — A.N.Whitehead > chase implies a rapid, active quest after something in flight or, sometimes, activity designed to put to flight < and watch the fearless chamois-hunter chase his prey through tracts abrupt of desolate space — William Wordsworth > < the last defeated warrior was chased upon a reservation — R.A.Billington > tag, an informal word, may suggest close following, usually without any intention, especially malevolent intention, to overtake or injure < they tagged happily after the mayor's secretary down the city-hall corridors — Time > trail indicates a close following of another's footsteps or track < I tracked him, as I have trailed Coleridge, into almost every section of eight floors of a great library — J.L.Lowes > In intransitive uses it may lack suggestions of intentness and connote aimless or casual following < watch the miners troop home — small black figures trailing slowly in gangs across the white field — D.H.Lawrence > tail, an informal term, suggests intent, stealthy following in order to observe but usually not to overtake or capture < sometimes tailed … by Army, Navy, or FBI cars — Time > • - as follows - follow copy - follow one's nose - follow suit - follow the hounds - follow the string II. 1. 2. a. b. 3. |
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