sequel
/ˈsiːkwəl/noun
1- a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one续集; 续篇。
1.1
- something that takes place after or as a result of an earlier event结局; 后果：
this encouragement to grow potatoes had a disastrous sequel some fifty years later.
这种对种植马铃薯的鼓励在大约50年后产生了灾难性的后果。
短语
in the sequel
- Brit. formal as things develop〈英, 正式〉到后来; 结果。
词源
late Middle English （in the senses 'body of followers, descendants and consequence'）： from Old French sequelle or Latin sequella, from sequi 'follow'.