sequence/chain/series/succession.导航词义：连续，顺序

1. sequence:n. 顺序，连续.指事物衔接的次序，可以是发生的先后顺序，也可以是逻辑顺序。

A sequence of misfortunes have plagued him.

一连串不幸事件使他焦头烂额。

The paper deals with the events in historical sequence.

本文按历史顺序论述那些事件。

He explained the facts in the sequence of events.

他按事情发生的先后次序解释那些情况。

2. chain:n. 一连串，一系列.指像链条一样连接在一起的一连串事物，有时彼此间含因果关系。

The accident caused a chain of events.

事故引起了一连串事件。

Their acts set off a chain of revolts throughout the country.

他们的行为在全国引发了一系列叛乱。

The chain of events might lead to another war.

这一连串事件或许会导致又一场战争。

3. series:n. 一连串，系列.强调是同类事物，可以前后互有关联，也可以各成独立的单位。

They've had a series of good harvests.

他们连年获得丰收。

She attended a series of lectures about science fiction writing.

她听了关于科幻小说写作的系列讲座。

A series of laws against discrimination have been issued.

反对歧视的一系列法规已经颁布。

This ridiculous theory is based on a series of wrong assumptions.

这一荒诞的学说是以一系列错误的设想为依据的。

4. succession:n. 连续；一连串.强调同类事物或事件的相继出现或发生，侧重于一个接一个的次序，其中并非含有一定的逻辑性。

They won a succession of victories.

他们取得了一个接一个的胜利。

His words came out in quick succession.

他的话连珠炮似地说了出来。

The endless succession of parties wore them out.

接连不断的聚会把他们累垮了。

全部

1·She has won the award for the third year in succession.

这是她连续第三年获得此奖。《牛津词典》

2·They are semi-finalists for the fourth year in succession.

这是他们连续第四年打入半决赛。《牛津词典》

3·Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne.

尼古拉斯·保罗·帕特里克在王位继承顺序上排第7。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.

他的职业生涯因连续的膝伤过早地结束了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·He hit three bull's eyes in succession.

他连续3次射中靶心。《新英汉大辞典》

6·Traditional rules of succession by inheritance were changed.

传统的继承规则被改变了。

7·Light-loving species are always among the first invaders, while shade-tolerant species appear later in the succession.

在这个演替过程中，喜阳植物总是第一批“侵入者”，而那些喜阴植物紧随其后出现。

8·Ecologists use the term succession to refer to the changes that happen in plant communities and ecosystems over time.

生态学家使用“演替”一词来指植物群落和生态系统随时间发生的变化。

9·Clements and other early ecologists saw almost lawlike regularity in the order of succession, but that has not been substantiated.

克莱门茨和其他早期的生态学家认为，演替顺序中存在着几乎像法则一般的规律性，但这一点尚未得到证实。

10·The final stage of a succession, called the climax by Clements and early ecologists, is likewise not predictable or of uniform composition.

演替的最终阶段，也就是克莱门茨和早期生态学家所称的顶级群落，同样是不可预测的，组成也不单一。

连续

1·She has won the award for the third year in succession.

这是她连续第三年获得此奖。《牛津词典》

2·They are semi-finalists for the fourth year in succession.

这是他们连续第四年打入半决赛。《牛津词典》

3·His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.

他的职业生涯因连续的膝伤过早地结束了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·He hit three bull's eyes in succession.

他连续3次射中靶心。《新英汉大辞典》

5·The line is made up of the succession of plotted points.

这条线是由连续的标绘点组成的。

演替

1·Light-loving species are always among the first invaders, while shade-tolerant species appear later in the succession.

在这个演替过程中，喜阳植物总是第一批“侵入者”，而那些喜阴植物紧随其后出现。

2·Ecologists use the term succession to refer to the changes that happen in plant communities and ecosystems over time.

生态学家使用“演替”一词来指植物群落和生态系统随时间发生的变化。

3·Clements and other early ecologists saw almost lawlike regularity in the order of succession, but that has not been substantiated.

克莱门茨和其他早期的生态学家认为，演替顺序中存在着几乎像法则一般的规律性，但这一点尚未得到证实。

4·The final stage of a succession, called the climax by Clements and early ecologists, is likewise not predictable or of uniform composition.

演替的最终阶段，也就是克莱门茨和早期生态学家所称的顶级群落，同样是不可预测的，组成也不单一。

5·If the land is then abandoned, a secondary succession will take over, developing much faster on the more hospitable soil.

然后，土地若被荒废，则会发生次生演替，植物在更适宜的土壤中生长得更快。

继任

1·Mr.Pearson succeeded in the succession.

皮尔逊先生在继任中成功了。

2·A proposal for Apple to outline a succession plan for its executives failed to pass at a shareholders' meeting at the company's Cupertino, California, headquarters last week. Jobs didn't attend.

上周在苹果加利福尼亚总部库比·提诺举行的股东大会上，一项建议苹果公司推荐出其继任执行官的提案未获得通过，而这次会议乔布斯并未参加。

3·Messrs. Nadler and Neilson both said more CEOs would be fired for poor short-term returns if boards did a better job of succession planning.

纳德勒和尼尔逊都谈到，如果董事会在继任安排上已做好合理规划，那么会有更多CEO因短期回报率不佳而被炒。

4·One company that has placed great emphasis on succession planning is General Electric (GE).

最为强调继任计划的一家公司是通用电气（GE）。

5·Apple shareholders voted Wednesday to reject a proposal that the company adopt a written succession planning policy.

周三，苹果股东经过投票，否决了公司继任计划的书面政策。

继位

1·A liege succession caused one picket the mystery case of two many centuries.

一个君王的继位引起了一桩二个多时代的迷案。

2·Butt he has previously hinted at his impatience with the long wait for succession.

不过他先前也暗示了自己等待继位时间太久，已经不耐烦了。

继承权

1·It went to the brink of demolition late last century after a picaresque episode involving a disputed succession, a murdered heiress and a now-jailed Niçois ex-lawyer.

上世纪末时这处物业经过了继承权的争斗，上演了谋杀和牢狱之灾的活剧，几乎濒临拆除的边缘。

2·On principle, women are excluded from the estate heritance of traditional law, women have no succession.

传统法律中的财产继承在原理上是排除女性的，女儿没有继承权。

3·Upon his marriage, Louis gave up his succession rights and those of all the couple's children.

为了这桩婚事，路易斯王子放弃了自己和孩子的王位继承权。

4·Henry attempted to secure the succession to the office.

亨利企图弄到这个职位的继承权。

5·When surrogate right of succession transforms into acquired right of succession the right of expectancy for the prior heir results. In legislation, considerable use of presumption should be ma…

后位继承权转化为既得继承权时对前位继承人的期待权亦同时产生。

继承性

1·Therefore said that the culture has certain succession and the expansibility, the external culture also urges cultural the change.

所以说文化有一定的继承性与发展性，外来的文化也促使文化的变化。

2·The distribution of the unconformity surfaces has three characters of discrepancy, succession, and migration which have great influence on the hydrocarbon distribution and reallocation.

不整合面的分布具有差异性、继承性、迁移性，三性对油气的演化和分配有着影响作用。

3·Dewey emphasized that experience is the unity of organism and environment, thought that continuity and succession are the characteristics of experience.

杜威强调体验是有机体与环境的统一，体验的改造具有连续性和继承性。

4·The paper describes status and development of domestic seismic instruments, points out the succession of instruments and stability in use should be paid attention to besides applying new technologies.

指出国产地震勘探设备在不断地研制开发新技术、新工艺的同时，也应将产品的继承性和系统的稳定性作为一项同等重要的研究课题。

5·The concept and capabilities of encapsulation, succession and multi-state of basic class was applied in the design means of OO, and data structure and function of operating data was integrated.

OO设计法采用了类的概念，类的封装性、继承性和多态性，把数据结构同操作数据的函数组合在一起。

(1)in succession接连地，连续地

(1)a succession of一连串；一系列

(1)in quick succession紧接地

(1)succession planning接班人计划；继任计划

(1)vegetation succession植被演替；植被接续

(1)ecological succession生态演替；生态替续