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Follow up 是什么意思?跟进人和事情用不同介词吗?

Follow up 表示再次联系或继续跟进。Contact you 可以直接接人,follow up 为什么需要 with?而 follow-up question 也不只是下一道题。

Follow up 表示再次联系某人,或回到一件事上采取下一步行动,例如再写信、追问细节、确认任务是否完成。它常用于工作:I'll follow up on your request。加连字符的 follow-up 表示后续的,如 follow-up email、follow-up question。

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follow up on + request/task; follow up with + person; a follow-up + email/question/appointment

  • The hotel hasn't answered my email, so I'll follow up with them tomorrow morning.
  • Could you follow up on the invoice we sent in May, since the client still hasn't paid?
  • The doctor booked a follow-up appointment in two weeks to check my knee again.

修改原因

修改前Thanks for your time today. I'll follow up you next week.

修改后Thanks for your time today. I'll follow up with you next week.

Contact 和 remind 可以直接接人,因此容易把 follow up 也写成 follow up you。但 follow up 后的联系对象通常由 with 引出:follow up with you。跟进的事情或问题则用 on:follow up on the order。

Cambridge Dictionary

不带 up 的 follow 可以表示跟随或按某事行事,如 follow the instructions、follow the news。Follow up 强调首次行动之后的下一步:I emailed them on Monday and followed up on Friday。

动手练习

After my answer, the examiner asked a ___ question to get more details.

(follow-up / following)

查看答案

follow-up — 考官根据刚才的回答追问细节,因此是 follow-up question。Following 表示“接下来的”或“下列的”,例如 the following question,本身不表达追问、补充细节的意思。

写一件你已经等了很久、仍未收到回复的事。说明准备再次联系谁,以及什么时候联系。

My landlord hasn't replied about the broken heating for a week, so I'll follow up with him on Monday morning.

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