| 单词 | subsequent |
| 释义 | subsequent (once / 166 pages) adj For something that comes after something else in time or order, choose the adjective subsequent. If the entire class fails an exam, the teacher will hopefully make subsequent ones a little easier. Subsequent comes from the Latin subsequi "to follow closely" and means just that - following or coming after. If you say, "in 1990 and subsequent years," it includes 1990, whereas "the years subsequent to 1990" do not include it. When you mention a car crash and subsequent traffic jam or a scandal and subsequent investigation, one follows the other in order but a cause and effect relationship is implied too. WORD FAMILYsubsequent: subsequence, subsequently, subsequentness+/subsequence: subsequences USAGE EXAMPLESMy patient completed his course of radiation and chemotherapy, and his subsequent scans showed no evidence of residual disease. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) But what looked like a potentially game-winning subsequent drive for Washington ended on Cousins’s second interception, with Rodgers-Cromartie playing the villain again. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) None of these boded well for investor sentiment or subsequent returns. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) adj following in time or order subsequent developments Syn|Ant accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent following or accompanying as a consequence later, posterior, ulteriorcoming at a subsequent time or stage succeedingcoming after or following antecedent preceding in time or order anterior, priorearlier in time anticipatory, prevenientin anticipation pre-existent, pre-existing, preexistent, preexistingexisting previously or before something precedingexisting or coming before |
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