| 单词 | sequence |
| 释义 | sequence n. & v. --n 1. succession, coming after or next. 2. order of succession (shall follow the sequence of events; give the facts in historical sequence). 3. a set of things belonging next to one another on some principle of order; a series without gaps. 4. a part of a film dealing with one scene or topic. 5. a set of poems on one theme. 6. a set of three or more playing-cards next to one another in value. 7. Mus. repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch. 8. Eccl. a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel. 9. succession without implication of causality (opp. CONSEQUENCE). --vtr. 1. arrange in a definite order. 2. Biochem. ascertain the sequence of monomers in (esp. a polypeptide or nucleic acid). Phrases and idioms sequence of tenses Gram. the dependence of the tense of a subordinate verb on the tense of the principal verb, according to certain rules (e.g. I think you are, thought you were, wrong). Derivatives sequencer n. Etymology: ME f. LL sequentia f. L sequens pres. part. of sequi follow |
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