容易混淆的两个词Following还是the following?
我们单独使用following(不带定冠词the 名词短语的形式)来表示“after(在……之后)”、“in response to（作为响应…..）”或“as a result of(作为……的结果)”:
Following the bad election results of May 8th, the Prime Minister has appointed three new ministers.
在5月8日糟糕的选举结果之后，首相任命了三名新部长。
Following a general strike in 1933, he fled the country and went to South America.
在1933年的一次大罢工之后，他逃离了这个国家，去了南美。
我们使用 the following 后面跟有名词，其含义是‘下一个（the next）’:
They only stayed at the hotel one night and left early the following morning.
他们只在旅馆住了一晚，第二天一大早就离开了。
We went out on the boat. The sea was really rough and the following hour was the worst in my short life.
我们坐船出去了。海上风浪很大，接下来的一个小时是我短暂生命中最糟糕的时刻。
我们也可以用the following不加名词的短语来介绍引进我们所列出的事物或人:
I’m afraid I can’t eat any of the following: tomatoes, cucumber, onions and cabbage.
西红柿、黄瓜、洋葱和卷心菜我都不能吃
The following have helped me with this book of photographs: David , Gill , and Anthony.
以下这些人对我的这本摄影集有所帮助:大卫·琼斯、吉尔·法默、马丁·威克斯和安东尼·格雷。
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