follow: may apply to a coming after in time, position, understanding, or logical sequence: speeches ~ed the dinner.


succeed: implies a coming after immediately in a sequence determined by some rational cause or rule, such as natural order, inheritance, election, or laws of rank: she ~ed her father as head of the business.   (immediate直接立即stresses the absence of any intervening medium or influence强调二者之间没有任何其他事物，如had immediate knowledge about the situation掌握直接的信息，如do it immediately立即做。作为对比，近义词direct也表示直接，但强调特定"关系"，如因果起止问答始终，如had a direct bearing on the case对案件有直接影响）


ensue: commonly suggests a logical consequence and a naturally expected development: after the lecture, a general discussion ~d.   expect表示的预期强调有较大把握


supervene: suggests the following by something added or conjoined and often unforeseen or unpredictable: events ~d that brought tragedy into his life.


跟着follow: 泛指跟在后边，如时间位置思维逻辑，succeed接替: 表示依据某种规则原因而紧跟在后，如依据自然顺序、继承顺序、选举结果，地位法则等，ensue接着: 表示是自然的符合逻辑的发展结果(原文顺序反了)，supervene意外发生: 表示后来的事情无法预测


记忆方法:  1）首字母FSES重新排序成FESS坦白供认<==随后         （fess坦白供认early 19th cent shortening of confess是confess的缩写，19世纪早期出现，如'fess up', she demanded. 'what were you doing in Peter's private office? '快说(坦白)” 她责令道）

          2）随后的意思是后来mean to come after something or someone.   "跟"的意思是脚的后部，作动词表示在某人后边走，"随"的原意是"顺从地"跟着，现在随后和跟着两个词的意思已经没有差别