Definition of serial in English:

serial

adjective ˈsɪərɪəlˈsɪriəl

1attributive Consisting of, forming part of, or taking place in a series.
连续的
a serial publication
连续刊登。
Example sentencesExamples
- Their serial reports have largely abstained from considering policies aimed at generating social progress from below.
- Frequent reassessment with serial lung function testing for rapid progression is critical.
- We model asymmetric migration rates and unequal population sizes using serial samples of sequences.
- Her allusive serial art makes use of pairings, sequences and minutes compositional shifts.
- This was at a formal, recorded news conference, not serial impromptu interviews in the locker room.
- The journal begins serial publication this spring.
- Their surfaces are accretions of controlled gestures, spatters of paint that lead from one stroke to another, singular and serial actions.
- This enormous power to subject the American public to serial triviality is far from trivial.
- Little information has been published regarding the association of serial changes in pulmonary function or radiographic features and prognosis.
- The serial presentation enhanced the illusion of spontaneity and improvisation.
- Compared to some of the serial releases from the public domain specialists, this DVD is a pleasure to look at.
- It does not hold annual meetings or sponsor a serial publication.
- Devoting time to other serial publications also should be seen as an investment in the future, not a distraction.
- Serial production functions in tandem with serial consumption.
- Primary outputs are defined as publications in the serial peer reviewed literature, while the secondary outputs are taken to be evidence based clinical guidelines.
- It had dragged them to court to defend their serial publication of Joyce's Ulysses.
- Divorce and serial marriage are common in communities living under pressure, which may leave women with sole responsibility for the children and with overwhelming domestic responsibilities.
- It is noteworthy that he filed serial and timely notices of appeal after each order of the U.S. District Court was entered.
- People with serial nonsacramental marriages are still free to marry in the church and enjoy the benefits of full communion.
- For example, if a suffix, that is, an extra item follows the last item to be remembered in serial recall, memory for this last item is severely impaired.
1. 1.1Linguistics (of verbs) used in sequence to form a construction, as in they wanted, needed, longed for peace.
  〔语言学〕（动词）序列的
  the use of serial verbs
  Example sentencesExamples
  Similarly, in the Pacific, it has been suggested that there may be Austronesian substratum influence in the serial constructions found in Tok Pisin.
2attributive Repeatedly committing the same offence and typically following a characteristic, predictable behaviour pattern.
（罪犯）连续作案的
a serial killer
Example sentencesExamples
- No, they remembered her only as the woman who killed the serial rapist.
- Serial rapists charged with multiple counts would face only a single strike.
- You know, the vast majority of really violent offenders, for example, serial killers, pedophiles, child molesters are 99.9 percent men.
- Police today joined the appeal for the public's help in tracing the serial arsonist, who is believed to have an accomplice.
- People who are cruel to animals often go on to be cruel to children and most serial killers begin that way.
- In China police have arrested a man believed to be the country's worst serial killer.
- I've read about the use of animal therapy on prison inmates and, apparently, a serial rapist can find much needed self-esteem in the sweet snuggle of a scruffy spaniel.
- Just having someone saying that I'm coping well is therapeutic in itself - and it means that if I suddenly turn into an axe-wielding serial killer my family can sue the hospital for negligence.
- By throwing an odd assortment of characters into the path of a home-grown serial killer, the film is able to achieve a dramatic density sadly absent from the genre for a number of years.
- So he may just be able to track down a serial killer with a penchant for committing perfect murders.
- I did not find even one case that dealt with the sentencing of a female serial arsonist.
- These guys all follow set patterns and, like any good movie serial killer, they're too open and flamboyant in their actions.
- In January of last year, he was convicted as Britain's worst serial killer.
- I won't give any other plot details away than this, but the remainder of the film centers on those two characters trying to find a way to get out of the room while playing a vicious game with a mad serial killer.
- He reasoned that if the serial criminal operates close to where he lives, it may be possible to approximate the location of his home by analyzing spatial patterns of the attacks.
- A serial sex attacker struck fear into women after a series of assaults and an attempted rape on a young girl.
- He agreed that describing the incidents as the work of a serial attacker could change the public's psyche, but urged people not to panic.
- Naturally, he possesses the cliché hallmark of every serial murderer, collecting mementos of each victim along the way.
- Detectives hunting a serial sex attacker are following up several leads after receiving over 100 calls from the public.
- This man is a serial sex offender and we urgently need to catch him.
1. 2.1 Repeatedly following the same behaviour pattern.
  （人）连续重复做事方式的
  he was a serial adulterer
  他接连与人通奸。
  serial monogamy
  多次结婚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In view of his own experiences as a contributor to Private Eye, and therefore as a serial defendant in the libel courts, I was not surprised that his sympathies lay with the author and the publisher.
  ‘I'm a serial monogamist and I've never had a one night stand and I'm determined not to,’ he says.
  Having been a serial monogamist for two decades, I haven't lived with anyone since.
  I am but a mild mannered serial monogamist, so we are coming at this whole thing from different angles, and its driving us both bonkers.
  He was also a serial adulterer, regularly confessing his sins before committing them afresh.
  He gives orders for other human beings to be blown away and he is a serial adulterer, but his power has unexpected limits.
  The Scot has become a serial collector of farewell gifts.
  Now if you've been following my posts then you'll know that I'm 37 and have been a serial monogamist for 21 years.
  Or maybe I'm destined to be a serial monogamist.
  Burns himself is great as Tommy, the serial monogamist who's trying to stay ethical against all odds.
  She plays a serial adulteress, desired by and available to all.
  She said he was a ‘lecherous’ manager, with a reputation as a serial groper.
  Despite the family image, a book of revelations published by a former chauffeur has painted Chirac as a serial adulterer.
  Tenth-century kings of Wessex / England were determined serial monogamists, seeking politically strategic matches with daughters of eldermen.
  And, except for a few periods of total debauchery, I've always been so, albeit a serial monogamist.
3Music
attributive Using transformations of a fixed series of notes.
〔乐〕序列的；音列的
the harmonic flow of serial music
Schoenberg's serial revolution
Example sentencesExamples
- The serial and atonal composers vehemently brought this issue forward in mid-century.
- For example, forty years ago, not composing serial music meant not being a composer at all, and this was a clear tendency openly registered in books, articles and papers.
- Powers's music from the 1980s deploys a considered synthesis of serial, atonal and tonal techniques.
- He also for a brief time came under the influence of Schoenberg and wrote serial music, all of which (if I remember right) he destroyed.
- Rounds are no longer written in modern musical styles, and remain untouched by developments in chromatic harmony, atonality, jazz idioms, serial structures and folk modes.
4Computing
attributive (of a device) involving the transfer of data as a single sequence of bits.
〔计算机〕（设备）序列的。参见SERIAL PORT
Example sentencesExamples
- Besides, transferring large files with the USB instead of the serial connection can be done very quickly, too.
- The controller can concurrently perform the data transfer to and/or from the parallel and serial devices.
- A serial response box was used to collect key-press responses from the participants.
- It is even possible to add servers with a click of a mouse while supporting BIOS-level control of almost any number of servers or serial devices.
- You will see a list of serial devices; note that some will be built-in on your motherboard.
Synonyms
sequential, consecutive, in sequence, in order of time, in order, ordered, progressive
1. 4.1 (of a processor) running only a single task, as opposed to multitasking.
  〔计算机〕（处理器）单任务的
  Example sentencesExamples
  If it won't run on serial processors, then where is the parallel machine that it will run on?
  A serial processor executes each iteration through the loop, doing all the work.
  Besides, all neural networks at the moment are simulations that are written in software of an essentially serial nature which runs on serial processors.
  Synonyms
  consecutive, in a row, straight, solid, sequential, succeeding, in succession, following, running, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted

noun ˈsɪərɪəlˈsɪriəl

1A story or play appearing in regular instalments on television or radio or in a magazine.
连续剧；连载小说
a new three-part drama serial
一部三集新连续剧。
Example sentencesExamples
- The producers feel that the serial with a strong story line woven on women issues could mean good competition for other serials in the private channels.
- Storylines in drama serials have a moral, or at least a conclusion.
- Published as a comic strip since 1936, the Phantom also appeared in movie serials, a feature film, and animated television series.
- Until 1998, Lucy then worked across a number of drama serials and documentaries.
- However, these serials depict only the macabre and fearful aspects of these supernatural characters.
- As the last half of the serial goes into publication, you'll see some examination of the underpinnings of these characters.
- Although at times, the serial enters into boring sequences, it has been accepted by middle-class families as a good one.
- Tasked with nabbing an elusive bandit hiding out in a forest, this could become a long-running serial.
- They watch every episode of the popular Hindi serials.
- In a recent breakthrough, the debut show of a Chinese-language TV drama serial had a gay storyline.
- Fox is quite a rarity on television, as it is unusual for a serial of the time and of such length to have one author and one director.
- At a recent daily critique meeting, our writing coach challenged us to produce a serial in 2004.
- Each story in the serial would last a week, being spread over 5 weekday episodes.
- The original plan was for a weekly year-long serial of 52 episodes.
- In an unprecedented move, the BBC had appointed a publicity officer specifically to promote the new serial.
- Both serials harked back to a period when men were heroic, women were virtuous and times were better.
- They are not at the stage to rationalise the unnatural situations the serials depict.
- It is more than a regular drama serial or just a sitcom.
- The success of this venture as a magazine serial preceding the book, has the writer planning a sequel.
Synonyms
set of programmes, programme, production
2usually serials(in a library) a periodical.
（图书馆的）期刊
as modifier the Serials Librarian
Example sentencesExamples
- She became a regular columnist for the Associated Negro Press and contributed poetry and reviews to numerous serials and collections.
- So when we built the Library at SLAC, we put the serials on punch cards.
- Hopper also told the senate that there has been about a 25 percent decline in the number of serials purchased by the library in the past five years.
Synonyms
journal, publication, magazine, newspaper, paper, review, digest, gazette, newsletter, organ, annual, quarterly, monthly, bimonthly, fortnightly, weekly, biweekly

Derivatives

seriality

noun sɪərɪˈalɪti

In a more general sense, seriality as an artistic organizational method was in wide use in the middle decades of the century.
Example sentencesExamples
- The postcard can be thought of as an ambivalent object, produced between spatial and temporal locations, between seriality and personalization.
- She has developed a means by which to make chance contend with narrative; lyricism with cacophony and seriality.
- Not only does their very seriality suggest a relentless stream of crime, but the programmes themselves are organised around the repetitive replay of similar footage.
- Yet for all their apparent seriality, the paintings are by no means repetitive or limited by one formal model.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from series + -al, perhaps suggested by French sérial.

Rhymes

arterial, bacterial, cereal, criterial, ethereal, ferial, funereal, immaterial, imperial, magisterial, managerial, material, ministerial, presbyterial, sidereal, venereal, biomaterial

Definition of serial in US English:

serial

adjectiveˈsɪriəlˈsirēəl

1Consisting of, forming part of, or taking place in a series.
连续的
a serial publication
连续刊登。
Example sentencesExamples
- This enormous power to subject the American public to serial triviality is far from trivial.
- Devoting time to other serial publications also should be seen as an investment in the future, not a distraction.
- It had dragged them to court to defend their serial publication of Joyce's Ulysses.
- Compared to some of the serial releases from the public domain specialists, this DVD is a pleasure to look at.
- People with serial nonsacramental marriages are still free to marry in the church and enjoy the benefits of full communion.
- It is noteworthy that he filed serial and timely notices of appeal after each order of the U.S. District Court was entered.
- Primary outputs are defined as publications in the serial peer reviewed literature, while the secondary outputs are taken to be evidence based clinical guidelines.
- Little information has been published regarding the association of serial changes in pulmonary function or radiographic features and prognosis.
- The journal begins serial publication this spring.
- Frequent reassessment with serial lung function testing for rapid progression is critical.
- It does not hold annual meetings or sponsor a serial publication.
- For example, if a suffix, that is, an extra item follows the last item to be remembered in serial recall, memory for this last item is severely impaired.
- This was at a formal, recorded news conference, not serial impromptu interviews in the locker room.
- We model asymmetric migration rates and unequal population sizes using serial samples of sequences.
- Their surfaces are accretions of controlled gestures, spatters of paint that lead from one stroke to another, singular and serial actions.
- Their serial reports have largely abstained from considering policies aimed at generating social progress from below.
- Divorce and serial marriage are common in communities living under pressure, which may leave women with sole responsibility for the children and with overwhelming domestic responsibilities.
- The serial presentation enhanced the illusion of spontaneity and improvisation.
- Serial production functions in tandem with serial consumption.
- Her allusive serial art makes use of pairings, sequences and minutes compositional shifts.
1. 1.1Linguistics (of verbs) used in sequence to form a construction, as in they wanted, needed, longed for peace.
  〔语言学〕（动词）序列的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Similarly, in the Pacific, it has been suggested that there may be Austronesian substratum influence in the serial constructions found in Tok Pisin.
2attributive (of a criminal) repeatedly committing the same offense and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior pattern.
（罪犯）连续作案的
a suspected serial rapist
系列强奸案的犯罪嫌疑人。
Example sentencesExamples
- I did not find even one case that dealt with the sentencing of a female serial arsonist.
- He reasoned that if the serial criminal operates close to where he lives, it may be possible to approximate the location of his home by analyzing spatial patterns of the attacks.
- Naturally, he possesses the cliché hallmark of every serial murderer, collecting mementos of each victim along the way.
- I've read about the use of animal therapy on prison inmates and, apparently, a serial rapist can find much needed self-esteem in the sweet snuggle of a scruffy spaniel.
- No, they remembered her only as the woman who killed the serial rapist.
- People who are cruel to animals often go on to be cruel to children and most serial killers begin that way.
- In China police have arrested a man believed to be the country's worst serial killer.
- So he may just be able to track down a serial killer with a penchant for committing perfect murders.
- He agreed that describing the incidents as the work of a serial attacker could change the public's psyche, but urged people not to panic.
- I won't give any other plot details away than this, but the remainder of the film centers on those two characters trying to find a way to get out of the room while playing a vicious game with a mad serial killer.
- Serial rapists charged with multiple counts would face only a single strike.
- Detectives hunting a serial sex attacker are following up several leads after receiving over 100 calls from the public.
- Just having someone saying that I'm coping well is therapeutic in itself - and it means that if I suddenly turn into an axe-wielding serial killer my family can sue the hospital for negligence.
- You know, the vast majority of really violent offenders, for example, serial killers, pedophiles, child molesters are 99.9 percent men.
- By throwing an odd assortment of characters into the path of a home-grown serial killer, the film is able to achieve a dramatic density sadly absent from the genre for a number of years.
- Police today joined the appeal for the public's help in tracing the serial arsonist, who is believed to have an accomplice.
- In January of last year, he was convicted as Britain's worst serial killer.
- This man is a serial sex offender and we urgently need to catch him.
- These guys all follow set patterns and, like any good movie serial killer, they're too open and flamboyant in their actions.
- A serial sex attacker struck fear into women after a series of assaults and an attempted rape on a young girl.
1. 2.1 Repeatedly following the same behavior pattern.
  （人）连续重复做事方式的
  he was a serial adulterer
  他接连与人通奸。
  serial monogamy
  多次结婚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She said he was a ‘lecherous’ manager, with a reputation as a serial groper.
  She plays a serial adulteress, desired by and available to all.
  He was also a serial adulterer, regularly confessing his sins before committing them afresh.
  Despite the family image, a book of revelations published by a former chauffeur has painted Chirac as a serial adulterer.
  Now if you've been following my posts then you'll know that I'm 37 and have been a serial monogamist for 21 years.
  Or maybe I'm destined to be a serial monogamist.
  Tenth-century kings of Wessex / England were determined serial monogamists, seeking politically strategic matches with daughters of eldermen.
  The Scot has become a serial collector of farewell gifts.
  I am but a mild mannered serial monogamist, so we are coming at this whole thing from different angles, and its driving us both bonkers.
  Burns himself is great as Tommy, the serial monogamist who's trying to stay ethical against all odds.
  In view of his own experiences as a contributor to Private Eye, and therefore as a serial defendant in the libel courts, I was not surprised that his sympathies lay with the author and the publisher.
  He gives orders for other human beings to be blown away and he is a serial adulterer, but his power has unexpected limits.
  Having been a serial monogamist for two decades, I haven't lived with anyone since.
  And, except for a few periods of total debauchery, I've always been so, albeit a serial monogamist.
  ‘I'm a serial monogamist and I've never had a one night stand and I'm determined not to,’ he says.
3Music
Using transformations of a fixed series of notes.
〔乐〕序列的；音列的
Example sentencesExamples
- Rounds are no longer written in modern musical styles, and remain untouched by developments in chromatic harmony, atonality, jazz idioms, serial structures and folk modes.
- The serial and atonal composers vehemently brought this issue forward in mid-century.
- For example, forty years ago, not composing serial music meant not being a composer at all, and this was a clear tendency openly registered in books, articles and papers.
- Powers's music from the 1980s deploys a considered synthesis of serial, atonal and tonal techniques.
- He also for a brief time came under the influence of Schoenberg and wrote serial music, all of which (if I remember right) he destroyed.
1. 3.1Computing (of a processor) running only a single task, as opposed to multitasking.
  〔计算机〕（处理器）单任务的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Besides, all neural networks at the moment are simulations that are written in software of an essentially serial nature which runs on serial processors.
  If it won't run on serial processors, then where is the parallel machine that it will run on?
  A serial processor executes each iteration through the loop, doing all the work.
  Synonyms
  consecutive, in a row, straight, solid, sequential, succeeding, in succession, following, running, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted
4Computing
(of a device) involving the transfer of data as a single sequence of bits.
〔计算机〕（设备）序列的。参见SERIAL PORT
See also serial port
Example sentencesExamples
- It is even possible to add servers with a click of a mouse while supporting BIOS-level control of almost any number of servers or serial devices.
- A serial response box was used to collect key-press responses from the participants.
- Besides, transferring large files with the USB instead of the serial connection can be done very quickly, too.
- The controller can concurrently perform the data transfer to and/or from the parallel and serial devices.
- You will see a list of serial devices; note that some will be built-in on your motherboard.
Synonyms
sequential, consecutive, in sequence, in order of time, in order, ordered, progressive

nounˈsɪriəlˈsirēəl

1A story or play appearing in regular installments on television or radio or in a periodical.
连续剧；连载小说
a new three-part drama serial
一部三集新连续剧。
Example sentencesExamples
- Tasked with nabbing an elusive bandit hiding out in a forest, this could become a long-running serial.
- Both serials harked back to a period when men were heroic, women were virtuous and times were better.
- Each story in the serial would last a week, being spread over 5 weekday episodes.
- They watch every episode of the popular Hindi serials.
- Fox is quite a rarity on television, as it is unusual for a serial of the time and of such length to have one author and one director.
- The success of this venture as a magazine serial preceding the book, has the writer planning a sequel.
- Storylines in drama serials have a moral, or at least a conclusion.
- In an unprecedented move, the BBC had appointed a publicity officer specifically to promote the new serial.
- The producers feel that the serial with a strong story line woven on women issues could mean good competition for other serials in the private channels.
- However, these serials depict only the macabre and fearful aspects of these supernatural characters.
- It is more than a regular drama serial or just a sitcom.
- The original plan was for a weekly year-long serial of 52 episodes.
- Published as a comic strip since 1936, the Phantom also appeared in movie serials, a feature film, and animated television series.
- As the last half of the serial goes into publication, you'll see some examination of the underpinnings of these characters.
- At a recent daily critique meeting, our writing coach challenged us to produce a serial in 2004.
- They are not at the stage to rationalise the unnatural situations the serials depict.
- Until 1998, Lucy then worked across a number of drama serials and documentaries.
- Although at times, the serial enters into boring sequences, it has been accepted by middle-class families as a good one.
- In a recent breakthrough, the debut show of a Chinese-language TV drama serial had a gay storyline.
Synonyms
set of programmes, programme, production
1. 1.1usually serials (in a library) a periodical.
  （图书馆的）期刊
  Example sentencesExamples
  She became a regular columnist for the Associated Negro Press and contributed poetry and reviews to numerous serials and collections.
  Hopper also told the senate that there has been about a 25 percent decline in the number of serials purchased by the library in the past five years.
  So when we built the Library at SLAC, we put the serials on punch cards.
  Synonyms
  journal, publication, magazine, newspaper, paper, review, digest, gazette, newsletter, organ, annual, quarterly, monthly, bimonthly, fortnightly, weekly, biweekly

Origin

Mid 19th century: from series + -al, perhaps suggested by French sérial.

单词	serial
释义	Definition of serial in English: serial adjective ˈsɪərɪəlˈsɪriəl 1attributive Consisting of, forming part of, or taking place in a series. 连续的 a serial publication 连续刊登。 Example sentencesExamples Their serial reports have largely abstained from considering policies aimed at generating social progress from below. Frequent reassessment with serial lung function testing for rapid progression is critical. We model asymmetric migration rates and unequal population sizes using serial samples of sequences. Her allusive serial art makes use of pairings, sequences and minutes compositional shifts. This was at a formal, recorded news conference, not serial impromptu interviews in the locker room. The journal begins serial publication this spring. Their surfaces are accretions of controlled gestures, spatters of paint that lead from one stroke to another, singular and serial actions. This enormous power to subject the American public to serial triviality is far from trivial. Little information has been published regarding the association of serial changes in pulmonary function or radiographic features and prognosis. The serial presentation enhanced the illusion of spontaneity and improvisation. Compared to some of the serial releases from the public domain specialists, this DVD is a pleasure to look at. It does not hold annual meetings or sponsor a serial publication. Devoting time to other serial publications also should be seen as an investment in the future, not a distraction. Serial production functions in tandem with serial consumption. Primary outputs are defined as publications in the serial peer reviewed literature, while the secondary outputs are taken to be evidence based clinical guidelines. It had dragged them to court to defend their serial publication of Joyce's Ulysses. Divorce and serial marriage are common in communities living under pressure, which may leave women with sole responsibility for the children and with overwhelming domestic responsibilities. It is noteworthy that he filed serial and timely notices of appeal after each order of the U.S. District Court was entered. People with serial nonsacramental marriages are still free to marry in the church and enjoy the benefits of full communion. For example, if a suffix, that is, an extra item follows the last item to be remembered in serial recall, memory for this last item is severely impaired. 1.1Linguistics (of verbs) used in sequence to form a construction, as in they wanted, needed, longed for peace. 〔语言学〕（动词）序列的 the use of serial verbs Example sentencesExamples Similarly, in the Pacific, it has been suggested that there may be Austronesian substratum influence in the serial constructions found in Tok Pisin. 2attributive Repeatedly committing the same offence and typically following a characteristic, predictable behaviour pattern. （罪犯）连续作案的 a serial killer Example sentencesExamples No, they remembered her only as the woman who killed the serial rapist. Serial rapists charged with multiple counts would face only a single strike. You know, the vast majority of really violent offenders, for example, serial killers, pedophiles, child molesters are 99.9 percent men. Police today joined the appeal for the public's help in tracing the serial arsonist, who is believed to have an accomplice. People who are cruel to animals often go on to be cruel to children and most serial killers begin that way. In China police have arrested a man believed to be the country's worst serial killer. I've read about the use of animal therapy on prison inmates and, apparently, a serial rapist can find much needed self-esteem in the sweet snuggle of a scruffy spaniel. Just having someone saying that I'm coping well is therapeutic in itself - and it means that if I suddenly turn into an axe-wielding serial killer my family can sue the hospital for negligence. By throwing an odd assortment of characters into the path of a home-grown serial killer, the film is able to achieve a dramatic density sadly absent from the genre for a number of years. So he may just be able to track down a serial killer with a penchant for committing perfect murders. I did not find even one case that dealt with the sentencing of a female serial arsonist. These guys all follow set patterns and, like any good movie serial killer, they're too open and flamboyant in their actions. In January of last year, he was convicted as Britain's worst serial killer. I won't give any other plot details away than this, but the remainder of the film centers on those two characters trying to find a way to get out of the room while playing a vicious game with a mad serial killer. He reasoned that if the serial criminal operates close to where he lives, it may be possible to approximate the location of his home by analyzing spatial patterns of the attacks. A serial sex attacker struck fear into women after a series of assaults and an attempted rape on a young girl. He agreed that describing the incidents as the work of a serial attacker could change the public's psyche, but urged people not to panic. Naturally, he possesses the cliché hallmark of every serial murderer, collecting mementos of each victim along the way. Detectives hunting a serial sex attacker are following up several leads after receiving over 100 calls from the public. This man is a serial sex offender and we urgently need to catch him. 2.1 Repeatedly following the same behaviour pattern. （人）连续重复做事方式的 he was a serial adulterer 他接连与人通奸。 serial monogamy 多次结婚。 Example sentencesExamples In view of his own experiences as a contributor to Private Eye, and therefore as a serial defendant in the libel courts, I was not surprised that his sympathies lay with the author and the publisher. ‘I'm a serial monogamist and I've never had a one night stand and I'm determined not to,’ he says. Having been a serial monogamist for two decades, I haven't lived with anyone since. I am but a mild mannered serial monogamist, so we are coming at this whole thing from different angles, and its driving us both bonkers. He was also a serial adulterer, regularly confessing his sins before committing them afresh. He gives orders for other human beings to be blown away and he is a serial adulterer, but his power has unexpected limits. The Scot has become a serial collector of farewell gifts. Now if you've been following my posts then you'll know that I'm 37 and have been a serial monogamist for 21 years. Or maybe I'm destined to be a serial monogamist. Burns himself is great as Tommy, the serial monogamist who's trying to stay ethical against all odds. She plays a serial adulteress, desired by and available to all. She said he was a ‘lecherous’ manager, with a reputation as a serial groper. Despite the family image, a book of revelations published by a former chauffeur has painted Chirac as a serial adulterer. Tenth-century kings of Wessex / England were determined serial monogamists, seeking politically strategic matches with daughters of eldermen. And, except for a few periods of total debauchery, I've always been so, albeit a serial monogamist. 3Music attributive Using transformations of a fixed series of notes. 〔乐〕序列的；音列的 the harmonic flow of serial music Schoenberg's serial revolution Example sentencesExamples The serial and atonal composers vehemently brought this issue forward in mid-century. For example, forty years ago, not composing serial music meant not being a composer at all, and this was a clear tendency openly registered in books, articles and papers. Powers's music from the 1980s deploys a considered synthesis of serial, atonal and tonal techniques. He also for a brief time came under the influence of Schoenberg and wrote serial music, all of which (if I remember right) he destroyed. Rounds are no longer written in modern musical styles, and remain untouched by developments in chromatic harmony, atonality, jazz idioms, serial structures and folk modes. 4Computing attributive (of a device) involving the transfer of data as a single sequence of bits. 〔计算机〕（设备）序列的。参见SERIAL PORT Example sentencesExamples Besides, transferring large files with the USB instead of the serial connection can be done very quickly, too. The controller can concurrently perform the data transfer to and/or from the parallel and serial devices. A serial response box was used to collect key-press responses from the participants. It is even possible to add servers with a click of a mouse while supporting BIOS-level control of almost any number of servers or serial devices. You will see a list of serial devices; note that some will be built-in on your motherboard. Synonyms sequential, consecutive, in sequence, in order of time, in order, ordered, progressive 4.1 (of a processor) running only a single task, as opposed to multitasking. 〔计算机〕（处理器）单任务的 Example sentencesExamples If it won't run on serial processors, then where is the parallel machine that it will run on? A serial processor executes each iteration through the loop, doing all the work. Besides, all neural networks at the moment are simulations that are written in software of an essentially serial nature which runs on serial processors. Synonyms consecutive, in a row, straight, solid, sequential, succeeding, in succession, following, running, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted noun ˈsɪərɪəlˈsɪriəl 1A story or play appearing in regular instalments on television or radio or in a magazine. 连续剧；连载小说 a new three-part drama serial 一部三集新连续剧。 Example sentencesExamples The producers feel that the serial with a strong story line woven on women issues could mean good competition for other serials in the private channels. Storylines in drama serials have a moral, or at least a conclusion. Published as a comic strip since 1936, the Phantom also appeared in movie serials, a feature film, and animated television series. Until 1998, Lucy then worked across a number of drama serials and documentaries. However, these serials depict only the macabre and fearful aspects of these supernatural characters. As the last half of the serial goes into publication, you'll see some examination of the underpinnings of these characters. Although at times, the serial enters into boring sequences, it has been accepted by middle-class families as a good one. Tasked with nabbing an elusive bandit hiding out in a forest, this could become a long-running serial. They watch every episode of the popular Hindi serials. In a recent breakthrough, the debut show of a Chinese-language TV drama serial had a gay storyline. Fox is quite a rarity on television, as it is unusual for a serial of the time and of such length to have one author and one director. At a recent daily critique meeting, our writing coach challenged us to produce a serial in 2004. Each story in the serial would last a week, being spread over 5 weekday episodes. The original plan was for a weekly year-long serial of 52 episodes. In an unprecedented move, the BBC had appointed a publicity officer specifically to promote the new serial. Both serials harked back to a period when men were heroic, women were virtuous and times were better. They are not at the stage to rationalise the unnatural situations the serials depict. It is more than a regular drama serial or just a sitcom. The success of this venture as a magazine serial preceding the book, has the writer planning a sequel. Synonyms set of programmes, programme, production 2usually serials(in a library) a periodical. （图书馆的）期刊 as modifier the Serials Librarian Example sentencesExamples She became a regular columnist for the Associated Negro Press and contributed poetry and reviews to numerous serials and collections. So when we built the Library at SLAC, we put the serials on punch cards. Hopper also told the senate that there has been about a 25 percent decline in the number of serials purchased by the library in the past five years. Synonyms journal, publication, magazine, newspaper, paper, review, digest, gazette, newsletter, organ, annual, quarterly, monthly, bimonthly, fortnightly, weekly, biweekly Derivatives seriality noun sɪərɪˈalɪti In a more general sense, seriality as an artistic organizational method was in wide use in the middle decades of the century. Example sentencesExamples The postcard can be thought of as an ambivalent object, produced between spatial and temporal locations, between seriality and personalization. She has developed a means by which to make chance contend with narrative; lyricism with cacophony and seriality. Not only does their very seriality suggest a relentless stream of crime, but the programmes themselves are organised around the repetitive replay of similar footage. Yet for all their apparent seriality, the paintings are by no means repetitive or limited by one formal model. Origin Mid 19th century: from series + -al, perhaps suggested by French sérial. Rhymes arterial, bacterial, cereal, criterial, ethereal, ferial, funereal, immaterial, imperial, magisterial, managerial, material, ministerial, presbyterial, sidereal, venereal, biomaterial Definition of serial in US English: serial adjectiveˈsɪriəlˈsirēəl 1Consisting of, forming part of, or taking place in a series. 连续的 a serial publication 连续刊登。 Example sentencesExamples This enormous power to subject the American public to serial triviality is far from trivial. Devoting time to other serial publications also should be seen as an investment in the future, not a distraction. It had dragged them to court to defend their serial publication of Joyce's Ulysses. Compared to some of the serial releases from the public domain specialists, this DVD is a pleasure to look at. People with serial nonsacramental marriages are still free to marry in the church and enjoy the benefits of full communion. It is noteworthy that he filed serial and timely notices of appeal after each order of the U.S. District Court was entered. Primary outputs are defined as publications in the serial peer reviewed literature, while the secondary outputs are taken to be evidence based clinical guidelines. Little information has been published regarding the association of serial changes in pulmonary function or radiographic features and prognosis. The journal begins serial publication this spring. Frequent reassessment with serial lung function testing for rapid progression is critical. It does not hold annual meetings or sponsor a serial publication. For example, if a suffix, that is, an extra item follows the last item to be remembered in serial recall, memory for this last item is severely impaired. This was at a formal, recorded news conference, not serial impromptu interviews in the locker room. We model asymmetric migration rates and unequal population sizes using serial samples of sequences. Their surfaces are accretions of controlled gestures, spatters of paint that lead from one stroke to another, singular and serial actions. Their serial reports have largely abstained from considering policies aimed at generating social progress from below. Divorce and serial marriage are common in communities living under pressure, which may leave women with sole responsibility for the children and with overwhelming domestic responsibilities. The serial presentation enhanced the illusion of spontaneity and improvisation. Serial production functions in tandem with serial consumption. Her allusive serial art makes use of pairings, sequences and minutes compositional shifts. 1.1Linguistics (of verbs) used in sequence to form a construction, as in they wanted, needed, longed for peace. 〔语言学〕（动词）序列的 Example sentencesExamples Similarly, in the Pacific, it has been suggested that there may be Austronesian substratum influence in the serial constructions found in Tok Pisin. 2attributive (of a criminal) repeatedly committing the same offense and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior pattern. （罪犯）连续作案的 a suspected serial rapist 系列强奸案的犯罪嫌疑人。 Example sentencesExamples I did not find even one case that dealt with the sentencing of a female serial arsonist. He reasoned that if the serial criminal operates close to where he lives, it may be possible to approximate the location of his home by analyzing spatial patterns of the attacks. Naturally, he possesses the cliché hallmark of every serial murderer, collecting mementos of each victim along the way. I've read about the use of animal therapy on prison inmates and, apparently, a serial rapist can find much needed self-esteem in the sweet snuggle of a scruffy spaniel. No, they remembered her only as the woman who killed the serial rapist. People who are cruel to animals often go on to be cruel to children and most serial killers begin that way. In China police have arrested a man believed to be the country's worst serial killer. So he may just be able to track down a serial killer with a penchant for committing perfect murders. He agreed that describing the incidents as the work of a serial attacker could change the public's psyche, but urged people not to panic. I won't give any other plot details away than this, but the remainder of the film centers on those two characters trying to find a way to get out of the room while playing a vicious game with a mad serial killer. Serial rapists charged with multiple counts would face only a single strike. Detectives hunting a serial sex attacker are following up several leads after receiving over 100 calls from the public. Just having someone saying that I'm coping well is therapeutic in itself - and it means that if I suddenly turn into an axe-wielding serial killer my family can sue the hospital for negligence. You know, the vast majority of really violent offenders, for example, serial killers, pedophiles, child molesters are 99.9 percent men. By throwing an odd assortment of characters into the path of a home-grown serial killer, the film is able to achieve a dramatic density sadly absent from the genre for a number of years. Police today joined the appeal for the public's help in tracing the serial arsonist, who is believed to have an accomplice. In January of last year, he was convicted as Britain's worst serial killer. This man is a serial sex offender and we urgently need to catch him. These guys all follow set patterns and, like any good movie serial killer, they're too open and flamboyant in their actions. A serial sex attacker struck fear into women after a series of assaults and an attempted rape on a young girl. 2.1 Repeatedly following the same behavior pattern. （人）连续重复做事方式的 he was a serial adulterer 他接连与人通奸。 serial monogamy 多次结婚。 Example sentencesExamples She said he was a ‘lecherous’ manager, with a reputation as a serial groper. She plays a serial adulteress, desired by and available to all. He was also a serial adulterer, regularly confessing his sins before committing them afresh. Despite the family image, a book of revelations published by a former chauffeur has painted Chirac as a serial adulterer. Now if you've been following my posts then you'll know that I'm 37 and have been a serial monogamist for 21 years. Or maybe I'm destined to be a serial monogamist. Tenth-century kings of Wessex / England were determined serial monogamists, seeking politically strategic matches with daughters of eldermen. The Scot has become a serial collector of farewell gifts. I am but a mild mannered serial monogamist, so we are coming at this whole thing from different angles, and its driving us both bonkers. Burns himself is great as Tommy, the serial monogamist who's trying to stay ethical against all odds. In view of his own experiences as a contributor to Private Eye, and therefore as a serial defendant in the libel courts, I was not surprised that his sympathies lay with the author and the publisher. He gives orders for other human beings to be blown away and he is a serial adulterer, but his power has unexpected limits. Having been a serial monogamist for two decades, I haven't lived with anyone since. And, except for a few periods of total debauchery, I've always been so, albeit a serial monogamist. ‘I'm a serial monogamist and I've never had a one night stand and I'm determined not to,’ he says. 3Music Using transformations of a fixed series of notes. 〔乐〕序列的；音列的 Example sentencesExamples Rounds are no longer written in modern musical styles, and remain untouched by developments in chromatic harmony, atonality, jazz idioms, serial structures and folk modes. The serial and atonal composers vehemently brought this issue forward in mid-century. For example, forty years ago, not composing serial music meant not being a composer at all, and this was a clear tendency openly registered in books, articles and papers. Powers's music from the 1980s deploys a considered synthesis of serial, atonal and tonal techniques. He also for a brief time came under the influence of Schoenberg and wrote serial music, all of which (if I remember right) he destroyed. 3.1Computing (of a processor) running only a single task, as opposed to multitasking. 〔计算机〕（处理器）单任务的 Example sentencesExamples Besides, all neural networks at the moment are simulations that are written in software of an essentially serial nature which runs on serial processors. If it won't run on serial processors, then where is the parallel machine that it will run on? A serial processor executes each iteration through the loop, doing all the work. Synonyms consecutive, in a row, straight, solid, sequential, succeeding, in succession, following, running, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted 4Computing (of a device) involving the transfer of data as a single sequence of bits. 〔计算机〕（设备）序列的。参见SERIAL PORT See also serial port Example sentencesExamples It is even possible to add servers with a click of a mouse while supporting BIOS-level control of almost any number of servers or serial devices. A serial response box was used to collect key-press responses from the participants. Besides, transferring large files with the USB instead of the serial connection can be done very quickly, too. The controller can concurrently perform the data transfer to and/or from the parallel and serial devices. You will see a list of serial devices; note that some will be built-in on your motherboard. Synonyms sequential, consecutive, in sequence, in order of time, in order, ordered, progressive nounˈsɪriəlˈsirēəl 1A story or play appearing in regular installments on television or radio or in a periodical. 连续剧；连载小说 a new three-part drama serial 一部三集新连续剧。 Example sentencesExamples Tasked with nabbing an elusive bandit hiding out in a forest, this could become a long-running serial. Both serials harked back to a period when men were heroic, women were virtuous and times were better. Each story in the serial would last a week, being spread over 5 weekday episodes. They watch every episode of the popular Hindi serials. Fox is quite a rarity on television, as it is unusual for a serial of the time and of such length to have one author and one director. The success of this venture as a magazine serial preceding the book, has the writer planning a sequel. Storylines in drama serials have a moral, or at least a conclusion. In an unprecedented move, the BBC had appointed a publicity officer specifically to promote the new serial. The producers feel that the serial with a strong story line woven on women issues could mean good competition for other serials in the private channels. However, these serials depict only the macabre and fearful aspects of these supernatural characters. It is more than a regular drama serial or just a sitcom. The original plan was for a weekly year-long serial of 52 episodes. Published as a comic strip since 1936, the Phantom also appeared in movie serials, a feature film, and animated television series. As the last half of the serial goes into publication, you'll see some examination of the underpinnings of these characters. At a recent daily critique meeting, our writing coach challenged us to produce a serial in 2004. They are not at the stage to rationalise the unnatural situations the serials depict. Until 1998, Lucy then worked across a number of drama serials and documentaries. Although at times, the serial enters into boring sequences, it has been accepted by middle-class families as a good one. In a recent breakthrough, the debut show of a Chinese-language TV drama serial had a gay storyline. Synonyms set of programmes, programme, production 1.1usually serials (in a library) a periodical. （图书馆的）期刊 Example sentencesExamples She became a regular columnist for the Associated Negro Press and contributed poetry and reviews to numerous serials and collections. Hopper also told the senate that there has been about a 25 percent decline in the number of serials purchased by the library in the past five years. So when we built the Library at SLAC, we put the serials on punch cards. Synonyms journal, publication, magazine, newspaper, paper, review, digest, gazette, newsletter, organ, annual, quarterly, monthly, bimonthly, fortnightly, weekly, biweekly Origin Mid 19th century: from series + -al, perhaps suggested by French sérial.
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