No. 2,238 in Chinese
相继
"One after another; successively."
In a sentence
游客们相继到达景点。
The tourists arrived at the scenic spot one after another.
‘相继’ is used to indicate sequence as ‘one after another’. The sentence describes multiple people arriving separately in an order.
许多科技公司相继推出新的智能设备。
Many tech companies launched new smart devices one after another.
Here, ‘相继’ conveys the sequential introduction or release by different entities over a period.
随着疫情好转,各国相继开放了边界。
As the pandemic situation improved, countries reopened their borders successively.
In this example, ‘相继’ represents actions occurring in turns as situations allowed, focusing on their orderly occurrence.
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