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

• 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。
• I take after my mother's family.
  我比较像母亲家族的人。
• Uncle Liu said I must try to take after my parents who were honest hardworking people.
  刘大爷说我应当像我父母那样，他们都是诚实勤劳的人。
• To my surprise, Jack does not take after his father at all.
  令我惊奇的是，杰克和他爸爸长的一点儿也不像。
• Alice: I guess I take after my dad.
  我想我遗传到我老爸。
• Peter doesn't seem to take after either of his parents; the person he resembles most is his uncle John.
  彼得长得似乎不象他的父母亲，而最象他的叔叔约翰。
• But who does he take after to be so stupid?
  不过他像谁一样那么笨？
• People usually say I take after my father on a large scale.
  大家都说，我在很大程度上像我爸爸。
• He'd got a way of his own and I tend to take after him.
  他有他自己的行事方式，我倒有些像他。
• Arlene seems to take after her grandmother more than her mother.
  阿琳似乎像祖母不太像母亲。