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.
雙語例句
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。
來自柯林斯例句
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。
來自柯林斯例句
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。
來自《權威詞典》
4. a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening
一組延時拍攝花蕾開放的鏡頭
來自《權威詞典》
5. The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence.