名词

1. 一系列;一连串
A sequence of events or things is a number of events or things that come one after another in a particular order.

2. 顺序;次序;序列
A particular sequence is a particular order in which things happen or are arranged.

3. (电影中描述某一组动作的)连续镜头,片段
A film sequence is a part of a film that shows a single set of actions.

4. (基因)排列顺序，序列
A gene sequence or a DNA sequence is the order in which the elements making up a particular gene are combined.

1. the action of following in order

e.g. he played the trumps in sequence

Synonym: succession

2. film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

Synonym: episode

3. a following of one thing after another in time

e.g. the doctor saw a sequence of patients

Synonym: chronological sequencesuccessionsuccessivenesschronological succession

4. several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

5. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

e.g. the sequence of names was alphabetical
he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA