| 释义 |
follow BrE /ˈfɒləʊ/
NAmE /ˈfɑːloʊ/► SEE ALLfollow in sb’s footstepsfollow your nosefollow suita hard/tough act to followfollow/go with the crowdfollow/steer/take a middle coursefind, etc. a/the middle way
●follow in sb’s ˈfootstepsto do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as sb else, especially sb in your family 步某人（尤指家人）的后尘；效仿某人的生活；继承某人的事业◆He followed in his dad’s footsteps and became a lawyer.
他子承父业，成了一名律师。●follow your ˈnose1. be guided by your sense of smell 靠嗅觉指引◆He followed his nose to the kitchen, and found Marina making tomato soup.
他一路闻着到了厨房，发现玛丽娜在做番茄汤。2. go straight forward 直走；朝正前方走◆The garage is a mile ahead up the hill — just follow your nose.
汽车修理站在前面一英里处的山坡上，直走就行了。3. act according to what seems right or reasonable, rather than following any particular rules 凭直觉行事；跟着感觉走◆In situations like this, I think all we can do is follow our noses.
在这种情况下，我想我们只能凭直觉了。●follow ˈsuitact or behave in the way that sb else has just done 跟风；仿效某人；照样行事◆One of the oil companies put up the price of fuel today, and the others are expected to follow suit.
今天一家石油公司提高了油价，其他公司预计会跟风。 NOTE If you follow suit in card games, you play a card of the same suit (= either hearts, clubs, diamonds or spades) that has just been played. * follow suit 原指打牌时跟随上家出同样花色的牌。 ●a hard/tough act to ˈfollowa person or a group that is so good or successful at sth that it will be difficult for anyone else who comes after them to be as good or successful 难以超越的人（或群体）◆The last head teacher achieved a lot — she’ll be a hard act to follow.前任校长成就卓著，接替者将难以望其项背。 NOTE An act is one of several short pieces of entertainment in a show. * act 是节目中小段文娱表演。 ●follow/go with the ˈcrowd (often disapproving) do as everyone else does because you have no ideas of your own 随大溜；随波逐流◆Dress in the way you like and try not to follow the crowd.穿衣服要根据自己的喜好，不要随大溜。 OPP lead the way ●follow/steer/take a middle ˈcourse●find, etc. a/the middle ˈwayfollow, find, etc. a plan that is halfway between two opposing plans; compromise 走（或寻求）中间道路；取中庸之道◆Kate wanted to stay for the rest of the week, and I wanted to leave straight away, so in the end we followed a middle course and stayed a couple of days.凯特想住到周末，而我想马上离开。最后我们采取了折中方案，只住了两三天。◆In politics you often have to steer a middle course.在政治上经常需要采取中间路线。 OPP go to extremes |