follow up

名词 follow up:

1. a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
   同义词：follow-up, followup
2. an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
   同义词：follow-up, followup
3. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
   同义词：follow-up, followup, reexamination, review

动词 follow up:

1. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
   同义词：follow through, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through
2. increase the effectiveness or success of by further action

1. But on the debit side, as you leave office, the nation is saddled with a$2.6 trillion debt, an enormous deficit, caused perhaps by the tripling of military spending and tax cut. How does this jibe with the goals that you set eight years ago and I'd like to follow up.
   可是在负债方面，阁下离任时，国家负担了二兆六千亿的债务。这是一笔可观的赤字，可能系由军费增加三倍和减税所致。这如何能与阁下八年以前所订的目标相吻合？本人愿闻其详。
2. I want to follow up this subject.
   我想继续研究这个问题。
3. It is a dangerous plan, one you'll have to follow up on your own account.
   这是一项危险的计划，你要继续干下去，就得自己担风险。