英単語

sequelの意味・使い方・発音

sequel

英 ['siːkw(ə)l] 美 ['sikwəl]
  • n. 続編; 結論; 継続; 結果.

語源


sequel続編

ラテン語のsequiから、続く、続ける、語源的にはsequenceと同じ。派生語源 sequel, sequel.

英語の語源


sequel (n.)
early 15c., "train of followers," from Old French sequelle (14c.), from Late Latin sequela "that which follows, result, consequence," from sequi "to follow, come after, follow after, attend, follow naturally," from PIE root *sekw- (1) "to follow" (cognates: Sanskrit sacate "accompanies, follows," Avestan hacaiti, Greek hepesthai "to follow," Lithuanian seku "to follow," Latin secundus "second, the following," Old Irish sechim "I follow"). Meaning "consequence" is attested from late 15c. Meaning "story that follows and continues another" first recorded 1510s.

例文


1. Richard Chamberlain has agreed to make a sequel to "The Thorn Birds ".
リチャード?チェンバレンはすでに『イバラの鳥』の続編を引き継ぐことに同意した。The police said the clash was a sequel to yesterday 'snationwide strike.
警察はこの衝突が昨日の全国大ストライキの余波だと言っている。

3.She is currently writing a sequel to Daphne du Maurier 's "Rebecca "
彼女は現在、ダフニー?ドゥムリエの小説「蝶々の夢」を書き続けている。

4.The arrests were a "direct sequel "to investigations.
調査の「直接結果」はこれらの逮捕行動である。

5.The immediate sequel to the price rises was uprisings across the country.
値上げの直接的な結果は、全国に広がる抗議の波である。

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