名詞 follow up:

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

動詞 follow up:

1. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
   同義詞：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.
   可是在負(fù)債方面，閣下離任時，國家負(fù)擔(dān)了二兆六千億的債務(wù)。這是一筆可觀的赤字，可能系由軍費增加三倍和減稅所致。這如何能與閣下八年以前所訂的目標(biāo)相吻合？本人愿聞其詳。
2. I want to follow up this subject.
   我想繼續(xù)研究這個問題。
3. It is a dangerous plan, one you'll have to follow up on your own account.
   這是一項危險的計劃，你要繼續(xù)干下去，就得自己擔(dān)風(fēng)險。