chronological
chronological — 形容詞
1. arranged according to when things happened, starting with the earliest and movin
時序的
按事件發生先後順序排列的
arranged according to when things happened, starting with the earliest and moving toward the latest — for example, listing historical events on a timeline by the year they took place, or sorting a stack of letters by their postmarks.
Aiko arranged the family photos in chronological order on the bookshelf.
Aiko 將家庭照片按時間順序排列在書架上。
collocation: in chronological order
The museum timeline showed the major wars in chronological sequence.
博物館的時間軸按時間先後順序列出了主要戰爭。
collocation: chronological sequence
Dr. Okafor presented the patient records in chronological order during the review meeting.
Okafor 醫生在審查會議上按時間順序介紹了病歷。
The librarian kept the old newspapers in strict chronological order for visitors to browse.
圖書館員將舊報紙嚴格按時間順序排列，供訪客翻閱。
In her diary, Priya wrote about each trip in chronological order from start to finish.
Priya 在日記中按時間順序寫下了每趟旅行的經過。
- sequential
focuses on step-by-step order without explicitly referencing time
- consecutive
implies one item follows another without any gap; often used for numbers or days
- successive
describes a series of events coming one after another in a chain
- temporal
relates to time in general but does not specify an ordered arrangement
- random
no particular order at all
- haphazard
lacking any planned sequence
- out of order
not following the correct sequence
文法句型
chronological + noun
in chronological order
用法筆記
Most commonly appears in the fixed phrase 'in chronological order' or as an attributive modifier before nouns such as 'order', 'sequence', or 'age'. The adverb form 'chronologically' is frequently used as an alternative: 'arranged chronologically'.