sequel

sequel
noun
  1. a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one
    续集；续篇
    ■something that takes place after or as a result of an earlier event
    结局；后果
    this encouragement to grow potatoes had a disastrous sequel some fifty years later.
    这种对种植马铃薯的鼓励在50年后产生了灾难性的后果。
常用词组
in the sequel
  1. (Brit. formal)as things develop
    (英，正式)后来；结果
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the senses 'body of followers, descendants and consequence'): from Old French sequelle or Latin sequella, from sequi 'follow'
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