chronology
noun /krəˈnɒlədʒi/
/krəˈnɑːlədʒi/
(plural chronologies)
[uncountable, countable]- the order in which a series of events happened; a list of these events in order
按事件发生的年代排列的顺序；年表 - Historians seem to have confused the chronology of these events.
历史学家好像把这些事件发生的年代顺序搅混了。 - a chronology of Mozart’s life
莫扎特生平年表
Topics Historyc1- That these things happened is certain, but the chronology is not.
这些事情的发生是确定的，但时间顺序却不是。 - They were not particularly interested in chronology.
他们对年表并不特别感兴趣。 - We need to establish the exact chronology of this process.
我们需要建立这个过程的确切时间表。
词源late 16th cent.: from modern Latin chronologia, from Greek khronos ‘time’ + -logia (see -ology). - Historians seem to have confused the chronology of these events.