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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心短语 动词短语10:follow suit

follow suit

跟进,有样学样

suit是扑克牌术语。黑桃、红心……等四种花色,每一 种花色都是一个suit。所谓follow suit,原本的意思是跟着 上家出牌,别人出什么花色你也出什么花色。引申为「跟着 人家照做」。

Clintons team pulled together a sizable U.S. aid package for Russia,galvanized the G-7 industrialized countries to follow suit, backed Yeltsin during his referendum campaign and recently eased tensionswith Ukraine.(出自:TIME, Jul. 7,1993,p. 32)

柯林顿的人马凑齐了一笔可观的美援给俄罗斯,激励了七大工业 国跟进,在公民投票宣传期间支持叶尔钦,最近还缓和了与乌克 兰的紧张关系。