单词 | chronological |
释义 | chronological (krɒnəlɒdʒɪkəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened. I have arranged these stories in chronological order. Synonyms: sequential, ordered, historical, progressive chronologically adverb [ADVERB after verb, ADVERB -ed/adjective] The exhibition is organised chronologically. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you refer to someone's chronological age, you are referring to the number of years they have lived, in contrast to their mental age or the stage they have reached in their physical or emotional development. [formal] Collocations: chronological account The show plaits together a loosely chronological account of the three careers and then cuts them up into handy themes. Times, Sunday Times Caught between different approaches - a static portrait of the regime's horrors and a chronological account - it mixes the two messily. Times, Sunday Times A chronological account allows the observer to see art unfold as a story. Times, Sunday Times It begins with a chronological account of his childhood, academic years, and broadcasting career. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If the images are followed in the same order as the runes are written, they seem to create a chronological account. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He eschews a chronological narrative in favour of wicked anecdotage, accompanied by a glamorous supporting cast. Times, Sunday Times In addition, they have all taken a coherent, chronological narrative approach in which one thing leads on to the next. Times, Sunday Times The other chapters form a loose chronological narrative which he often breaks with various insights and recollections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This treatise differs from traditional textbooks in economic history by not taking up a chronological narrative. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These vignettes don't follow a complete or chronological narrative, although they often mention characters introduced in earlier sections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Including expert interviews, original graphics, maps, archive photographs and newsreels, it tells the story of the most destructive war in history in chronological order. The Sun This book records the monumental body of films that was shown then, in chronological order. The Times Literary Supplement Within these sections, essays are in rough chronological order, meaning that the story effectively starts anew at the start of each section. The Times Literary Supplement Neither are in chronological order, but both group images in common themes—with city and country dominating. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We will be presenting them in chronological order. Christianity Today Far from presenting the works in chronological sequence - a decision that would have banished her works to bygone history - this layout stresses a sense of circularity. Times, Sunday Times Thus, a succession of layers provides a relative chronological sequence from earliest to latest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of them are described below in approximate chronological sequence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He did not write his history in chronological sequence, nor did he live to complete it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They proceed in chronological sequence, and the heroine ages from a thirtyish nun in 1431 through the next twenty years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 按时间顺序排列的 Japanese: 年代順の |
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