sequel

英 ['si?kw(?)l] 美['sikw?l]

TEM8低頻詞擴展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?sequels;

sequel 續(xù)篇，續(xù)集

來自拉丁語 sequi,追隨，延續(xù)，詞源同 sequence,pursue.-el,小詞后綴。引申詞義續(xù)集，續(xù)篇。

sequel (n.): early 15c., "train of followers," from Old French sequelle (14c.), from Late Latin sequela "that which follows, result, consequence," from sequi "to follow, come after, follow after, attend, follow naturally," from PIE root *sekw- (1) "to follow" (cognates: Sanskrit sacate "accompanies, follows," Avestan hacaiti, Greek hepesthai "to follow," Lithuanian seku "to follow," Latin secundus "second, the following," Old Irish sechim "I follow"). Meaning "consequence" is attested from late 15c. Meaning "story that follows and continues another" first recorded 1510s.

1. Richard Chamberlain has agreed to make a sequel to "The Thorn Birds".: 理查德·張伯倫已經(jīng)同意接拍《荊棘鳥》的續(xù)集。

2. The police said the clash was a sequel to yesterday'snationwide strike.: 警方說這場沖突是昨天全國大罷工的余波。

3. She is currently writing a sequel to Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca": 她現(xiàn)在正在續(xù)寫達夫妮·杜穆里埃的小說《蝴蝶夢》。

4. The arrests were a "direct sequel" to investigations.: 調(diào)查的“直接結(jié)果”就是這些抓捕行動。

5. The immediate sequel to the price rises was uprisings across the country.: 漲價的直接后果就是遍及全國的抗議浪潮.