sequence

英['siːkw(ə)ns] 美['sikwəns]

复数: sequences;第三人称单数: sequences;过去式: sequenced;过去分词: sequenced;现在分词: sequencing;

sequence 顺序，次序，一系列，一连串

来自拉丁语 sequi,追随，按顺序，词源同 second,pursue.-ence,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。

sequence: sequence: [14] Sequence is at the centre of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin sequī ‘follow’ (others include consecutive [17], consequence [14], ensue, obsequious [15], persecute [15], prosecute, pursue, second, sect, subsequent [15], sue, and suit). Sequence itself comes from late Latin sequentia, a derivative of the present participle sequēns.

Another Latin derivative was sequēla ‘that which follows’, which has given English sequal [15]. Sequī came from the Indo-European base *seq-, which also produced Greek hépomai, Irish sechur, Lithuanian sekti, and Sanskrit sac-, all meaning ‘follow’.
=> consecutive, consequence, ensue, obsequious, persecute, prosecute, pursue, second, sect, sequal, set, sue, suit
sequence (n.): late 14c., "hymn sung after the Hallelujah and before the Gospel," from Old French sequence "answering verses" (13c.), from Medieval Latin sequentia "a following, a succession," from Latin sequentem (nominative sequens), present participle of sequi "to follow" (see sequel). In Church use, a partial loan-translation of Greek akolouthia, from akolouthos "following." General sense of "succession," also "a sequence at cards," appeared 1570s.
sequence (v.): "arrange in a sequence," 1954, from sequence (n.). Related: Sequenced; sequencing.

1. Only the opening sequence could claim to be genuinely innovatory.: 只有开场片段能称得上是真正的创新。

2. The chronological sequence gives the book an element of structure.: 时间顺序让这本书有了一定的结构。

3. He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.: 他描述了抢劫案发生前的一系列有关情况。

5. The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence.: 这本书依次读各章会更好.