closely follow(up); come (/tread) on the heels of; come(/follow) on the neck of another; come swarming in; follow hard at heel; hot (/close/hard) at (/on/upon) each other’s heels; in the train of sb (/sth); in the wake of
? 從此各帝國(guó)主義勢(shì)力接踵而來(lái)。(高云覽《小城春秋》序2) The imperialists came swarming in.
接踵而至jiē zhǒnɡ ér zhì
踵：腳后跟。形容來(lái)的人很多。come one after another, in the train of , tread upon the heels of sb., come in rapid succession, tread close upon