【following音标】 英[ˈfɒləʊɪŋ] 美[ˈfɑ:loʊɪŋ]
【单词释义】 following是什么意思：
adj.后面的，其次的；下列的；顺风的n.崇拜者，拥护者；下列，如下；跟随；随球prep.随后，在…以后v.跟随，接着(follow的现在分词)
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] followings
【关联词/派生词】
follow v. 跟随；跟着；理解
follower n.追随者，跟随者，拥护者；信奉者，信徒
【单词例句】
◇ The following Sunday, when the family was going to church, they asked her whether she would not go with them; but she glanced sorrowfully, with tears in her eyes, at her crutches.
第二个星期天，一家人全到教堂去做礼拜。他们问她是不是也愿意去。她满眼含着泪珠，凄惨地把她的拐杖望了一下。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ Again, some height loss is normal. But Catic says you can lower your risk of height loss by doing the following:
(1) Exercise regularly.
年纪大了变矮一些是正常的。但是卡蒂克指出，你可以通过做以下几件事来降低身高缩水风险：
（1）定期锻炼
---- Why do you shrink when you get older
◇ So how do you start the healing? Try following these steps:
怎样才能学会原谅别人呢？做法如下：
◇ I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief…
我想我应该感谢上帝，因为：第一，我损失的只是财物，而人却毫发未损；第二，我只损失了部分财物，而非所有财产；第三，最幸运的是，做小偷的是那个人，而不是我……
---- Being Grateful
◇ A country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head,when she fell into the following train of reflections.
一个村姑头上顶着一罐牛奶在路上行走。走着走着，她的脑子里浮现出一连串的幻想：