series

英 ['s??ri?z; -r?z] 美['s?riz]

CET4TEM4考研CET6基本詞匯IELTS中高頻詞

復數:?series;

series 一系列，連續

來自拉丁語 series,順序，次序，連續，來自 serere,連接，來自 PIE*ser,連接，詞源同 social,sort.

series: series: [17] Latin seriēs (from which English got series) denoted a ‘succession of things connected together’. It was derived from serere ‘connect’, which has also given English assert and insert [16]. Serial [19] was coined specifically with reference to stories published in instalments.
=> assert, insert, serial
series (n.): 1610s, "a number or set of things of one kind arranged in a line," from Latin series "row, chain, series, sequence, succession," from serere "to join, link, bind together, arrange, attach, put; join in speech, discuss," from PIE root *ser- (3) "to line up, join" (cognates: Sanskrit sarat- "thread," Greek eirein "to fasten together in rows," Gothic sarwa (plural) "armor, arms," Old Norse s?rve "necklace of stringed pearls," Old Irish sernaid "he joins together," Welsh ystret "row").

Meaning "set of printed works published consecutively" is from 1711. Meaning "set of radio or television programs with the same characters and themes" is attested from 1949. Baseball sense "set of games on consecutive days between the same teams" is from 1862.

1. He was carrying on about some stupid television series.: 他喋喋不休地說著某個無聊的電視連續劇。

2. The Jamaica Festival is planning a series of workshops and business seminars.: 牙買加節正在籌劃一系列研習班和商務研討會。

3. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.: 海關官員們對這種設備作出了一系列互相矛盾的陳述。

4. The series goes out at 10.30pm, Fridays, on Channel 4.: 這部連續劇每周五晚上10點30分在第4頻道播出。

5. Perot hoped to run another series of campaign infomercials.: 佩羅期待著新一輪的競選宣傳節目的播出。