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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The Children of Captain GrantINTRODUCTION TO VOLUME FOURTHE three books gathered under the title "In Search of the Castaways" occupied much of Verne's attention during the three years following 1865.
-- During the years following 1865 he even, for a time, deserted his favorite field of labor, fiction, and devoted himself to a popular semi-scientific book, now superseded by later works, entitled "The Illustrated Geography of France and her Colonies."
-- And he took up the pen, and dashed off the following lines immediately: "On the 7th of June, 1862, the three-mast vessel, BRITANNIA, of Glasgow, has sunk on the coast of Patagonia, in the southern hemisphere.
-- But before starting he confided an important missive to a swifter agent than himself, and a few minutes afterward it flashed along the electric wire to London, to appear next day in the Times and Morning Chronicle in the following words: "For information respecting the fate of the three-mast vessel BRITANNIA, of Glasgow, Captain Grant, apply to Lord Glenarvan, Malcolm Castle, Luss, Dumbartonshire, Scotland."
-- "To Jacques Eliacin Francois Marie Paganel, Secretary of the Geographical Society of Paris, Corresponding Member of the Societies of Berlin, Bombay, Darmstadt, Leipsic, London, St. Petersburg, Vienna, and New York; Honorary Member of the Royal Geographical and Ethnographical Institute of the East Indies; who, after having spent twenty years of his life in geographical work in the study, wishes to see active service, and is on his way to India to gain for the science what information he can by following up the footsteps of great travelers."
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I think,' said I, following as far as I could the methods of my companion, 'that Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elder-ly medical man, well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of their appreciation.'
-- Dr. Mortimer turned the manuscript to the light and read in a high, cracking voice the following curious, old-world narrative: 'Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been many statements, yet as I come in a direct line from Hugo Baskerville, and as I had the story from my father, who also had it from his, I have set it down with all belief that it occurred even as is here set forth.
-- An instant afterwards he gave a little cry of satisfaction, and, following the direction of his eager eyes, I saw that a han-som cab with a man inside which had halted on the other side of the street was now proceeding slowly onward again.
-- 'There is no object in our following them,' said Holm-es.
-- Chapter 7 The Stapletons of Merripit House he fresh beauty of the following morning did something Tto efface from our minds the grim and gray impression which had been left upon both of us by our first experience of Baskerville Hall.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He informed her haughtily that though he had given the prince his permanent address when the latter left town, and had offered his services, the prince had never before given him any commission to per-form, nor had he written until the following lines arrived, with Aglaya's letter.
-- Mrs. Ep-anchin continued to watch his face for a couple of seconds; then she marched briskly and haughtily away towards her own house, the rest following her.
-- Yet she already had a numerous following and many champions on whom she could depend in time of need.
-- Heading this little band walked three ladies, two of whom were remarkably lovely; and there was nothing sur-prising in the fact that they should have had a large troop of admirers following in their wake.
-- No one else followed the eccentric lady; but as she de-scended the steps she did not even look behind her, as though it were absolutely the same to her whether anyone were following or not.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The following morning the train pulled safely into Montreal and they stepped down, Hurstwood glad to be out of danger, Carrie wondering at the novel atmosphere of the northern city.
-- Nothing was said about it the next day, but the following morning he asked: "Have you done anything about your dress?"
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I went off down to the river, studying over this thing, and pretty soon I noticed that my nigger was following along behind.
-- One long, lanky man, with long hair and a big white fur stovepipe hat on the back of his head, and a crooked-handled cane, marked out the plac-es on the ground where Boggs stood and where Sherburn stood, and the people following him around from one place to t'other and watching everything he done, and bob- bing their heads to show they understood, and stoop- ing a little and resting their hands on their thighs to watch him mark the places on the ground with his cane; and then he stood up straight and stiff where Sherburn had stood, frowning and having his hat-brim down over his eyes, and sung out, 'Boggs!'
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But there were the two somber figures still following him, though their black sacks were drenched and dripping with water.
-- Then he solemnly pronounced the following words: "To my mind this Marionette is dead and gone; but if, by any evil chance, he were not, then that would be a sure sign that he is still alive!"
-- This said, he took the path at so swift a gait that he seemed to fly, and at every small sound he heard, he turned in fear to see whether the Terrible Shark, five stories high and with a train in his mouth, was following him.
-- Pinocchio led the way, running as if on wings, the others following as fast as they could.
-- When the first part of the performance was over, the Owner and Manager of the circus, in a black coat, white knee breeches, and patent leather boots, presented himself to the public and in a loud, pompous voice made the following announcement: "Most honored friends, Gentlemen and Ladies!
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