Following in his father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record.
很多年之后，马尔科姆爵士的儿子唐纳德踏着父亲的足迹，也创造了一项世界纪录。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 72 A car called bluebird
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 后面的，其次的;下列的;顺风的;
n. 崇拜者，拥护者;下列，如下;跟随;随球;
prep. 随后，在…以后;
v. 跟随，接着(follow的现在分词);
💡 follow 跟随 + ing 表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → a.接着的；下列的
"We had sighted the vessel and were following it."
我们已看到那船并在跟随着它.
近义：after, procession, retinue, accompaniment, train, committee
反义：introductory, onetime, back, precedent, preceding, prevenient
n. 父亲;祖先;（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父;天父;
vt. 成为父亲;创立（新思想）;创造;发明（新方法）;
💡 她的（her） 父亲很胖（fat） 网友：ＢＯＢ 补充：分解：胖胖的（fat）坐在椅子（h象形）上的那个人（er表示人）是我的父亲
"his father's agonizing death"
他父亲极度痛苦的死
近义：reproduce, breed, adopt, ingenerate, sire, beget
反义：boy, child, descendant
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
n. 记录，记载;档案，履历;唱片;最高纪录;
💡 再回（re）心中（cord）- 记录
"It looks as if the firm is heading for another record year."
看来今年公司又要创纪录.
近义：log, note, register, tape, enter, inscribe
反义：obliterate, omit, quash, quell, rase, ban
later
['letɚ]
adv. 较晚地;以后，过后;后来;随后;
adj. 后来的;以后的;接近末期的;晚年的;
"He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later."
他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
近义：posterior, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior, farther, following
反义：precedent, prevenient, previous, prior, forefatherly, advance