following是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 下列的， 下述的， 其次的， 接着的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was not so far off, but that Stephen, following her hands with his eyes, could read what was printed on it in large letters.
-- Nobody present having any suggestion to offer in the remarkable emergency, Mrs. Gradgrind departed this life for the time being, after delivering the following codicil to her remarks already executed:'As to the wedding, all I ask, Louisa, is, and I ask it with a fluttering in my chest, which actually extends to the soles of my feet, that it may take place soon.
-- After breakfast, the bridegroom addressed them in the following terms:'Ladies and gentlemen, I am Josiah Bounderby of Coketown.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The dictation commenced with the following incomprehensible result: mm.rnlls esruel seecJde sgtssmf unteief niedrke kt,samn atrateS Saodrrn emtnaeI nuaect rrilSa Atvaar .nscrc ieaabs ccdrmi eeutul frantu dt,iac oseibo KediiY Scarcely giving me time to finish, my uncle snatched the document from my hands and examined it with the most rapt and deep attention.
-- I saw, however, on consulting the map, that we avoided a good deal of this rough country, by following the winding and desolate shores of the sea.
-- Here the horses were allowed to take some rest and refreshment, then following a narrow strip of shore between high rocks and the sea, they took us without further halt to the Aoalkirkja of Brantar, and after another mile to Saurboer Annexia, a chapel of ease, situated on the southern bank of the Hvalfjord.
-- The following day was remarkable by its lack of any particular incidents.
-- I passed the whole of the following night with a nightmare on my chest!and, after unheard-of miseries and tortures, found myself in the very depths of the earth, from which I was suddenly launched into planetary space, under the form of an eruptive rock!
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But wait!wait!Next winter she would get Clifford to London; the following winter she would get him abroad to the South of France, Italy.
-- Hilda posted off to Dr Shardlow, and on the following Sunday Mrs Bolton drove up in Leiver's cab to Wragby with two trunks.
-- But she understood it better when she received the following from Mellors: The cat is out of the bag, along with various other puss-ies.
-- The following day he had lunch with Connie and Hilda, at some discreet place.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Yes, sir,' said Tip, following his glance.
-- Calling these things to mind, and ranging Mr Pancks in a row with them, Arthur Clennam leaned this day to the opinion, without quite deciding on it, that the last of the Patriarchs was the drifting Booby aforesaid, with the one idea of keeping the bald part of his head highly polished: and that, much as an unwieldy ship in the Thames river may sometimes be seen heavily driving with the tide, broadside on, stern first, in its own way and in the way of everything else, though making a great show of navigation, when all of a sudden, a little coaly steam-tug will bear down upon it, take it in tow, and bustle off with it; similarly the cumbrous Patriarch had been taken in tow by the snorting Pancks, and was now following in the wake of that dingy little craft.
-- She broke upon the visitor's view under the following circumstances: Flora said when the first dish was being put on the table, perhaps Mr Clennam might not have heard that Mr F. had left her a legacy?
-- Mr F.'s Aunt, after regarding the company for ten minutes with a malevolent gaze, delivered the following fearful remark:'When we lived at Henley, Barnes's gander was stole by tinkers.'
-- But appearing to be incensed by imaginary contradiction, or other ill-usage, Mr F.'s Aunt, instead of relapsing into silence, made the following additional proclamation:'I hate a fool!'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A sympathizing friend sends the following gem: A LAMENT (FOR S. B. PAT PAW) We mourn the loss of our little pet, And sigh o'er her hapless fate, For never more by the fire she'll sit, Nor play by the old green gate.
-- Meg obediently following the long grass-blade which her new tutor used to point with, read slowly and timidly, un-consciously making poetry of the hard words by the soft intonation of her musical voice.
-- Laurie bit his lips, and turning a little from the pensive speaker, read the following document, with praiseworthy gravity, considering the spelling: MY LAST WILL AND TESTIMENT I, Amy Curtis March, being in my sane mind, go give and bequeethe all my earthly property viz.to wit: namely To my father, my best pictures, sketches, maps, and works of art, including frames.
-- he asked anxiously, following her as she walked away.
-- asked Laurie, following her into a corner of the parlor, whither all had adjourned to greet Mr. Laurence.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Much was I disappointed upon learning that the little packet for Nantucket had already sailed, and that no way of reaching that place would offer, till the following Monday.
-- Now having a night, a day, and still another night following before me in New Bedford, ere I could embark for my destined port, it became a matter of concernment where I was to eat and sleep meanwhile.
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