英语词汇“to follow in a person's footsteps”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. to follow in a person's steps (or footsteps) (also to follow a person's steps (or footsteps)) and variants: to do something another person has done before; to treat a person as a guide or authority; to take a person's example as a model. Cf. footstep n. 1b.In quots. OE¹, OE² showing Old English fōt-swæþ footprint. With quot. a1250 cf. tread n. 1.See also to follow the trace at trace n.¹ 1b. [Compare classical Latin vestīgia sequī (compare quot. OE²).]

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OE Ælfric Homily (Paris Lat. 943) in R. Brotanek Texte u. Untersuchungen zur altenglischen Lit. u. Kirchengeschichte (1913) 12 Þeos is seo wise stuntnys þæt man woruldþing forseo..& Cristes fotswaðum folgie.

OE Hymns (Vesp. D.xii) xxxv. 4 in H. Gneuss Hymnar u. Hymnen im englischen Mittelalter (1968) 303 Eius mortem sequuntur et vestigia per crucem : hys deað hy folgodon & fotswaþa þruh rode.

a1250 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Titus) (1940) l. 193 He seð þe folhen hire treoden.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 90 Cassiodorus..mad a nobel werk upon the Sauter, folowyng mech the steppes of Seynt Augustin.

1658 J. Robinson Calm Ventilation Pseudodoxia Epidemica in Endoxa 143 When we follow the steps of dubious guides, we may soon aberre from the way of truth.

1749 J. Brekell Divine Oracles ii. 110 He quotes the fathers promiscuously in behalf of tradition... Thus, like a thorough-paced traditionist he hath closely followed the leading steps of certain writers.

1848 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation Jesus Christ xiv. 494 The Philosopher of Konigsberg, following in a measure in Plato's steps, took the laws of man's inner nature as an axiomatic foundation in his search after truth.

1909 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 31 The English portrait men of the same period,..although fine painters, simply followed in the tracks of the old masters.

1942 Diamond of Psi Upsilon Jan. 79/1 Jacobs..is following the footsteps of his father as a teacher of the law.

2018 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) (Nexis) 14 May 8 Following in the footsteps of her brothers, Alex and Dominic, Georgiana..has taken this year's Rockhampton Eisteddfod by storm.

b. In various figurative expressions referring to following a person's example or doing something another person has done before. Frequently in to follow (also walk, tread, etc.) in a person's footsteps. Cf. step n.¹ 10a.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example

to follow (also walk, tread, etc.) in a person's footstepsc1485

to follow along1689

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) vii. 50 Sa sulde all knychtis lordis and princis folow..the futsteppis of thair ledare lord—and techour jhesu Crist.

1538 L. Ridley Expos. Epist. Iude sig. F.vi Many there is that entre the way of Cayn and foloweth his foote steppes, in his enuy and malyce drowned.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 116 Ȝe ar obleist to follou the futsteppis of ȝour predecessours in vertu.

1612 in M. C. Questier Newslett. Archpresbyterate G. Birkhead (1998) 187 Yet it seameth you are still in that vaine to those which follow his footesteppes; a thing that maketh me at my wittes end.

1668 J. Denham Poems 147 Clear-sighted Reason Wisdoms Judgment leads, And Sense, her Vassal, in her footsteps treads.

1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. v. viii. 234 Nothing is more commendable, than to tread in the Footsteps of those who have gone before us, provided they have taken the right Road.

1767 W. Duff Ess. Orig. Genius ii. iii. 132 A Writer however, of the kind last mentioned, instead of tracing the footsteps of his predecessors, will allow his imagination to range over the field of Invention.

1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiii. 283 Resolved on treading in the footsteps of Charlemagne and his paladins.

1878 J. P. Hopps Life Jesus x. 37 To call upon his sorrowing disciples to be prepared to follow in his footsteps.

1934 tr. N. N. Popov Outl. Hist. Communist Party of Soviet Union I. 335 The majority of the writers..followed in the footsteps of Plekhanov.

1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. (Parade Suppl.) 24/1 Jones..will be following in Abdul-Jabbar's giant footsteps if he repeats on the first team in his junior and senior years.

2012 Daily Tel. 7 Dec. 38/5 He's also treading in august footsteps: Sir Christopher Wren was the first man to hold the post.

单词	to follow in a person's footsteps
释义	> as lemmas to follow in a person's steps (or footsteps) P1. to follow in a person's steps (or footsteps) (also to follow a person's steps (or footsteps)) and variants: to do something another person has done before; to treat a person as a guide or authority; to take a person's example as a model. Cf. footstep n. 1b.In quots. OE¹, OE² showing Old English fōt-swæþ footprint. With quot. a1250 cf. tread n. 1.See also to follow the trace at trace n.¹ 1b. [Compare classical Latin vestīgia sequī (compare quot. OE²).] ΚΠ OE Ælfric Homily (Paris Lat. 943) in R. Brotanek Texte u. Untersuchungen zur altenglischen Lit. u. Kirchengeschichte (1913) 12 Þeos is seo wise stuntnys þæt man woruldþing forseo..& Cristes fotswaðum folgie. OE Hymns (Vesp. D.xii) xxxv. 4 in H. Gneuss Hymnar u. Hymnen im englischen Mittelalter (1968) 303 Eius mortem sequuntur et vestigia per crucem : hys deað hy folgodon & fotswaþa þruh rode. a1250 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Titus) (1940) l. 193 He seð þe folhen hire treoden. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 90 Cassiodorus..mad a nobel werk upon the Sauter, folowyng mech the steppes of Seynt Augustin. 1658 J. Robinson Calm Ventilation Pseudodoxia Epidemica in Endoxa 143 When we follow the steps of dubious guides, we may soon aberre from the way of truth. 1749 J. Brekell Divine Oracles ii. 110 He quotes the fathers promiscuously in behalf of tradition... Thus, like a thorough-paced traditionist he hath closely followed the leading steps of certain writers. 1848 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation Jesus Christ xiv. 494 The Philosopher of Konigsberg, following in a measure in Plato's steps, took the laws of man's inner nature as an axiomatic foundation in his search after truth. 1909 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 31 The English portrait men of the same period,..although fine painters, simply followed in the tracks of the old masters. 1942 Diamond of Psi Upsilon Jan. 79/1 Jacobs..is following the footsteps of his father as a teacher of the law. 2018 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) (Nexis) 14 May 8 Following in the footsteps of her brothers, Alex and Dominic, Georgiana..has taken this year's Rockhampton Eisteddfod by storm. extracted from followv. to follow (also walk, tread, etc.) in a person's footsteps b. In various figurative expressions referring to following a person's example or doing something another person has done before. Frequently in to follow (also walk, tread, etc.) in a person's footsteps. Cf. step n.¹ 10a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example to follow (also walk, tread, etc.) in a person's footstepsc1485 to follow along1689 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) vii. 50 Sa sulde all knychtis lordis and princis folow..the futsteppis of thair ledare lord—and techour jhesu Crist. 1538 L. Ridley Expos. Epist. Iude sig. F.vi Many there is that entre the way of Cayn and foloweth his foote steppes, in his enuy and malyce drowned. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 116 Ȝe ar obleist to follou the futsteppis of ȝour predecessours in vertu. 1612 in M. C. Questier Newslett. Archpresbyterate G. Birkhead (1998) 187 Yet it seameth you are still in that vaine to those which follow his footesteppes; a thing that maketh me at my wittes end. 1668 J. Denham Poems 147 Clear-sighted Reason Wisdoms Judgment leads, And Sense, her Vassal, in her footsteps treads. 1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. v. viii. 234 Nothing is more commendable, than to tread in the Footsteps of those who have gone before us, provided they have taken the right Road. 1767 W. Duff Ess. Orig. Genius ii. iii. 132 A Writer however, of the kind last mentioned, instead of tracing the footsteps of his predecessors, will allow his imagination to range over the field of Invention. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiii. 283 Resolved on treading in the footsteps of Charlemagne and his paladins. 1878 J. P. Hopps Life Jesus x. 37 To call upon his sorrowing disciples to be prepared to follow in his footsteps. 1934 tr. N. N. Popov Outl. Hist. Communist Party of Soviet Union I. 335 The majority of the writers..followed in the footsteps of Plekhanov. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. (Parade Suppl.) 24/1 Jones..will be following in Abdul-Jabbar's giant footsteps if he repeats on the first team in his junior and senior years. 2012 Daily Tel. 7 Dec. 38/5 He's also treading in august footsteps: Sir Christopher Wren was the first man to hold the post. extracted from footstepn. < as lemmas
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