sequel
noun /ˈsiːkwəl/
/ˈsiːkwəl/
- sequel (to something) a book, film, play, etc. that continues the story of an earlier one
（书、电影、戏剧等的）续篇，续集 - a sequel to the hit movie ‘Madagascar’
热门影片《马达加斯加》的续集
Topics Literature and writingc1, Film and theatrec1- Some important new characters appear in the sequel.
在续篇中新出现了一些重要人物。 - The film has spawned five sequels to date.
到目前为止，该影片已经有 5 部续集问世。 - The new movie is a direct sequel to the first, picking up the story where the original left off.
这部新影片就是第一部的续集，紧接着原作结尾时的故事情节展开。 - The result is a worthy sequel to the original book.
结果写出了一部有价值的原着续篇。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long-awaited
- forthcoming
- upcoming
- …
- do
- make
- work on
- …
- come out
- in a/the sequel
- sequel to
- a sequel to the hit movie ‘Madagascar’
- [usually singular] sequel (to something) something that happens after an earlier event or as a result of an earlier event
后续的事；随之而来的事；结果 - There was an interesting sequel to these events later in the year.
这几件事发生以后，当年就出现了一种有趣的结果。
- The immediate sequel to the price rises was uprisings across the country.
涨价的直接后果就是遍及全国的抗议浪潮。 - The affair had a strange sequel.
这一事件的结局很奇怪。
- There was an interesting sequel to these events later in the year.
词源late Middle English (in the senses ‘body of followers’, ‘descendants’ and ‘consequence’): from Old French sequelle or Latin sequella, from sequi ‘follow’.