sequence

英['si?kw(?)ns] 美['sikw?ns]

復數:?sequences;第三人稱單數:?sequences;過去式:?sequenced;過去分詞:?sequenced;現在分詞:?sequencing;

sequence 順序，次序，一系列，一連串

來自拉丁語 sequi,追隨，按順序，詞源同 second,pursue.-ence,名詞后綴。引申諸相關詞義。

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.: 只有開場片段能稱得上是真正的創新。

2. The chronological sequence gives the book an element of structure.: 時間順序讓這本書有了一定的結構。

3. He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.: 他描述了搶劫案發生前的一系列有關情況。

5. The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence.: 這本書依次讀各章會更好.