take after

英 [teɪk ˈɑːftə(r)]

美 [teɪk ˈæftər]

（在外表、举止、性格方面）像（某家庭成员）

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (在外表、举止、性格方面)像(某家庭成员)
  If youtake aftera member of your family, you resemble them in your appearance, your behaviour, or your character.
  1. Ted's always been difficult, Mr Kemp — he takes after his dad.
     肯普先生，特德一直很难相处——像他爸。

英英释义

verb

• imitate in behavior
  1. Teenagers follow their friends in everything
  Synonym:follow
• be similar to a relative
  1. She takes after her father!

双语例句

• You must take after the best example.
  你应该学习最好的榜样。
• Try to take after your parents who are honest and hardworking people.
  要学习你们的父母，他们是诚实勤劳的人。
• But who does he take after to be so stupid?
  不过他像谁一样那么笨？
• As soon as his horned friend were down, William turned, clinked off like a long-dog, and jumped safe over hedge, before the praying bull had got on his feet again to take after him.
  威廉等到他那长角的朋友一跪下去，就转过身去像一条猎狗蹿起来，祈祷的公牛还没有站起来向他追过去，他已经跳过树篱平安无事了。
• Arlene seems to take after her grandmother more than her mother.
  阿琳似乎像祖母不太像母亲。
• You really take after your mother.
  你长得真像你母亲。
• Supervisor by brush of a long handle was taken out inside the box, take after touching water in recent closestool, go then scrub mirror begins before the mirror.
  舍监由盒内拿出了一把长柄刷子，拿到最近的马桶里沾水后，接着走到镜子前面开始刷洗镜子。
• Where should we take it after we get it back?
  在我们找到它后我们该把它送到哪里？
• With her light hair and blue eyes she seems to take after her mother, but in her character she is more like her father.
  她的金发碧眼似乎遗传自她母亲，但是个性方面就像她父亲。
• I take after my mother's family.
  我比较像母亲家族的人。