sequel

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath. dated
    — Now here Chriſtian was worſe put to it then in his fight with Apollyon, as by the ſequel you ſhall ſee.
  2. A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
  3. A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.; Synonym of postquel; a narrative work that follows-on and is set after an prior existing work.
  4. Any text that continues on from another text.
    — It greatly resembles the Rabbinical account of the origin of the Mazckeen, which the reader will meet in the sequel.
  5. The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
    — In the sequel we restrict ourselves to “nice” cases without going into details about the nicety conditions which have to be fulfilled (see, e.g., Freudenthal [1]).
  6. Thirlage. Scotland,historical
  7. A person's descendants. obsolete

词形变化

sequels plural

词源

From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela.
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