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《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The frigate approached noiselessly, stopped at two cables' lengths from the animal, and following its track.
-- "To steer this boat to starboard or port, to turn, in a word, following a horizontal plan, I use an ordinary rudder fixed on the back of the stern-post, and with one wheel and some tackle to steer by.
-- All these wonders I saw in the space of a quarter of a mile, scarcely stopping, and following Captain Nemo, who beckoned me on by signs.
-- I thought we were not following the same road to return to the Nautilus.
-- I related to him all that the last works of Dumont d'Urville had made known works from which the following is a brief account.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Again Hermione looked down at Ursula with that long scrutiny, as if she were following some train of thought of her own, and barely attending to the other's speech.
-- "We are roaring at you, mother," called Ursula, helplessly following after her parents.
-- Gerald, white like a presence in his summer clothes, was following down the open grassy slope.
-- As the birds were whistling for the first morning, and the hills at the back of the desolate lake stood radiant with the new mists, there was a straggling procession up to Shortlands, men bearing the bodies on a stretcher, Gerald going beside them, the two grey-bearded fathers following in silence.
-- Gerald's father, following in the second generation, having a sufficient fortune, had thought only of the men.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- he answered, following her eye and snatching away his hand.
-- Then I put her through the following catechism: for a girl of twenty two it was not injudicious.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Obeying this order, we found, or rather I found for the gamekeeper was a poor hand at reading anything but print the following important news:Old Anchor Inn, Bristol, March 1, 17 Dear Livesey As I do not know whether you are at the hall or still in London, I send this in double to both places.
-- 8 At the Sign of the Spy-glassHEN I had done breakfasting the squire gave me a note addressed to John Silver, at the sign of the Spy-glass, and told me I should easily find the place by following the line of the docks and keeping a bright lookout for a little tavern with a large brass telescope for sign.
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