se·ries
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈsɪəriːz/
/ˈsɪriːz/
(plural series)
- [countable] a set of television or radio programmes or podcasts that deal with the same subject or that have the same characters
（电视、广播或播客的）系列节目，连续剧 - The first episode of the new series is on Saturday.
新系列的第一集周六播出。 - Her stories have been made into a TV series.
她的故事被拍成了电视连续剧。 - She has a small part in a drama series for radio.
她在一部系列广播剧中扮演一个小角色。 - the hit comedy series ‘The Big Bang Theory’
热门喜剧系列《生活大爆炸》
Collocations TelevisionTelevisionWatching- watch television/TV/a show/(British English) a programme/(North American English) a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeat
- see (especially British English) an ad/(especially North American English) a commercial/the news/the weather
- catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news
- pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)
- change/switch channel
- surf (through)/ (especially North American English) flip through/ (especially British English) flick through the channels
- sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set
- have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish
- show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial
- screen a programme/a documentary
- run an ad/a commercial
- broadcast/ (especially North American English) air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series
- go out/air/be recorded live
- attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers
- be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics
- get (low/high) ratings
- be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show
- take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show
- host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/(British English) a chat show
- be/become/work as a/an (British English) TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/(British English) newsreader
- read/present the news
- appear/perform live (on TV)
- do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial
- work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom
- write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa2- a special two-part series on the economy
关于经济的特别两部分系列 - The BBC has already commissioned a second series.
英国广播公司已经委托制作系列片的第二部。 - We watched the final part of a series on Australian wildlife.
我们观看了一部澳大利亚野生动物系列片的最后一集。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- radio
- television
- TV
- …
- film
- commission
- broadcast
- …
- in a/the series
- series about
- series on
- …
- an episode of a series
- a part of a series
- The first episode of the new series is on Saturday.
- [countable, usually singular] several events or things of a similar kind that happen one after the other
一系列；连续；接连 - series of something The incident sparked off a series of events that nobody had foreseen.
该事件引发了一系列无人预见的事件。 - This case raises a whole series of important questions.
这个案例提出了一系列重要问题。 - The two sides held a series of meetings in the summer.
双方在夏季举行了一系列会议。 - The movie consisted of a series of flashbacks.
这部电影由一系列闪回组成。 - in a series of something This is the latest in a series of articles on the nature of modern society.
这是论现代社会性质的系列文章中最新的一篇。
Extra Examples- He is in hospital for a whole series of tests.
他在医院接受一整套的检查。 - The quartet will be performing in a series of lunchtime concerts.
四重奏乐队将在一系列午餐音乐会上演奏。 - He had committed a series of minor criminal offences.
他犯有一系列轻微刑事犯罪。 - The shooting was the latest in a series of violent attacks in the city.
这次枪击事件是该市发生的一系列暴力袭击事件的最新一起。 - You will need to have a series of vaccinations before you visit the area.
在访问该地区之前，您需要接种一系列疫苗。 - the final book in the series
丛书的最后一部 - She wrote a whole series of novels between 1985 and 2005.
她在1985年至2005年间写了一系列小说。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entire
- whole
- ongoing
- …
- in a/the series
- series of
- the first of a/the series
- the last of a/the series
- the first in a series
- …
- series of something The incident sparked off a series of events that nobody had foreseen.
- [countable] (sport) a set of sports games played between the same two teams
（两队之间的）系列比赛 - the World Series (= in baseball)
世界系列美国职业棒球锦标赛 - England have lost the Test series (= of cricket matches) against India.
英格兰板球队在同印度队的系列比赛中落败。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2- India must win to level the series.
印度队必须获胜才能在系列赛中把比分扳平。 - They took the first two games in the series.
他们赢了系列赛的前两场。 - The Bronx Bombers won two of three in a weekend series with the Red Sox.
布朗克斯轰炸机队在对阵红袜队的 3 场周末系列赛中胜了两场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- racing
- World Series
- championship
- …
- lose
- win
- level
- …
- in the series
- series with
- the World Series (= in baseball)
- [uncountable, countable] (specialist) an electrical circuit in which the current passes through all the parts in the correct order
串联 - batteries connected in series
串联电池 - a series circuit
串联电路
- batteries connected in series
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘row, chain’, from serere ‘join, connect’.