alphabetical
alphabetical — 形容詞
1. Organised or sorted according to the standard sequence of letters in a writing s
按字母順序的
依照字母ABC順序排列的
Organised or sorted according to the standard sequence of letters in a writing system, starting from A and moving through the alphabet to Z.
Minho found the city in the guidebook's alphabetical list of Japanese destinations.
Minho 在旅遊指南中按字母順序排列的日本目的地列表裡找到了那座城市。
collocation: alphabetical list + of + plural noun
The librarian put the new novels in alphabetical order by the author's surname.
圖書館員依照作者姓氏的字母順序排列新到的小說。
collocation: in alphabetical order
Shanti organised her recipe cards in alphabetical order — Appetiser, Bread, Cake, Dessert.
Shanti 將她的食譜卡片按字母順序整理——開胃菜、麵包、蛋糕、甜點。
Gabriel saw his name first on the alphabetical class list because his surname begins with A.
Gabriel 看到自己的名字在按字母順序排列的班級名單上排第一，因為他的姓氏以 A 開頭。
For homework, the children put twenty vocabulary words into alphabetical order.
孩子們的作業是把二十個單字按字母順序排列。
- alphabetic
synonymous but far less common; feels slightly technical or dated
- sequential
broader — describes any ordered sequence, not necessarily by letter
- ordered
general term for any kind of arranged sequence
- random
having no specific order or pattern
文法句型
alphabetical + noun (order / list / index)
用法筆記
The noun that follows is typically order, list, or index. This is by far the most common use of alphabetical.
常見錯誤
2. Relating to a writing system where each spoken sound corresponds to a symbol cal
字母系統的
以字母代表語音的文字系統的
Relating to a writing system where each spoken sound corresponds to a symbol called a letter, rather than to whole-word pictures or syllable blocks.
Chinese is not an alphabetical writing system — each character represents a whole word or idea.
中文不是字母文字系統——每個方塊字代表一個完整的詞或概念。
collocation: alphabetical writing system
Korean Hangul is a highly respected alphabetical writing system among linguists today.
韓文的諺文在現代語言學界被視為備受推崇的字母文字系統。
Dario learned an alphabetical script during his study of ancient Greek at the university.
Dario 在大學研究古希臘文時學會了一套字母文字。
Sade explained that English uses an alphabetical system where letters stand for speech sounds.
Sade 解釋說英文使用的是字母系統，每個字母代表特定的語音。
Before alphabetical writing was invented, people recorded information by drawing pictures and symbols.
在字母文字發明之前，人們用畫圖和符號的方式來記錄資訊。
- alphabetic
interchangeable in technical contexts
- letter-based
informal equivalent used in non-specialist discussions
- logographic
describes a system where symbols represent whole words or morphemes, not sounds
- syllabic
describes a system where symbols represent syllables rather than individual phonemes
文法句型
alphabetical + noun (writing / system / script)
用法筆記
Used mainly in linguistics and discussions of writing-system typology. Distinguish from Sense 1 (arrangement), which is much more common in everyday language.