“跟着发生”常见的英文表达可以是 “follow suit” (侧重于表示随后发生类似的行为或事件,有“效仿、随之发生”的意味) 或者根据具体语境选择 “occur subsequently”(更强调时间上的随后发生)、 “happen in sequence” (强调按顺序依次发生) 等表述。
follow suit:
例句:After one company lowered its prices, the others quickly followed suit.(一家公司降价后,其他公司也迅速跟着降价。)
occur subsequently:
例句:An accident occurred subsequently after the first incident.(在第一起事件之后,接着又发生了一起事故 。)
happen in sequence:
例句:The events seemed to happen in sequence, one after another.(这些事件似乎是一个接着一个依次发生的 。)