subsequence

subsequence — 名詞

1. The abstract relationship or condition in which one event, action, or situation

1.名詞C2
釋義

後續性

事件或順序上的先後關係

The abstract relationship or condition in which one event, action, or situation comes after another in time, order, or importance — for example, the link between a cause and its later effects.

例句

The study explored the subsequence of economic changes after the trade agreement took effect.

該研究探討了貿易協議生效後經濟變化的後續性。

collocation: subsequence of [noun] after [event]

Historians trace the subsequence of events to understand how one period leads to the next.

歷史學家追蹤事件的先後關係,以了解一個時期如何過渡到另一個時期。

同義詞
  • following

    less formal; refers to the act of coming after rather than the abstract state

  • succession

    emphasises a series of items following one after another

  • posteriority

    highly formal and rare; refers to being later in time

反義詞
  • precedence

    the state of coming before something else in time or rank

  • antecedence

    formal term for the condition of being earlier in time

文法句型

subsequence of [noun]

用法筆記

Uncountable and primarily used in formal or academic writing. Refers to the abstract relationship of following, not to a specific thing that comes after — use 'subsequent event' or 'the thing that follows' for concrete references.

常見錯誤

The subsequence of the lecture was a group discussion.
The subsequent part of the lecture was a group discussion.
💡'subsequence' is the abstract state of following, not the concrete thing that follows.

2. In mathematics and computer science, a series of elements that is obtained by se

2.名詞C1
釋義

子序列

從原序列中選取的子數列

In mathematics and computer science, a series of elements that is obtained by selecting some members of a larger sequence while keeping their original relative order unchanged — for example, taking every third number from a list of integers.

例句

The numbers 5, 10, and 20 form a subsequence of the longer list 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20.

數字5、10和20構成了較長數列5、8、10、12、15、20的一個子序列。

definition demonstrated: subsequence of [list]

Finding the longest increasing subsequence is a classic problem in programming courses.

找出最長遞增子序列是程式設計課程中的經典問題。

common technical compound: longest increasing subsequence

同義詞
  • subset

    a subset preserves neither order nor position; subsequence is more restrictive

文法句型

subsequence of [noun phrase]

用法筆記

A subsequence differs from a subset in that it must preserve the original ordering of elements. A subsequence can be non-contiguous (elements can skip others), unlike a substring or subarray which requires consecutive positions.

常見錯誤

Pick a subsequence of these numbers in any new order you like.
Pick a subsequence of these numbers while keeping their original order.
💡A subsequence must preserve the order of the original sequence.