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- consisting of, forming part of, or taking place in a series连续的：
a serial publication.
连续刊登。
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- Music using transformations of a fixed series of notes【乐】序列的; 音列的。
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- Computing (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.
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- Computing (of a processor) running only a single task, as opposed to multitasking【计算机】（处理器）单任务的。
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- Linguistics (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。
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- attrib.(of a criminal) repeatedly committing the same offence and typically following a characteristic, predictable behaviour pattern（罪犯）连续作案的：
a suspected serial rapist.
系列强奸案的犯罪嫌疑人。
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- (of a person) 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。
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- denoting an action or behaviour pattern that is committed or followed repeatedly（动作, 行为）连续重复的：
serial killings
连续杀人
serial monogamy.
多次结婚。
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- a story or play appearing in regular instalments on television or radio or in a magazine or newspaper连续剧; 连载小说：
a new three-part drama serial.
一部三集新连续剧。
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- （一般作serials）(in a library) a periodical（图书馆的）期刊。
派生词
seriality
nounserially
adverb词源
mid 19th cent.: from SERIES+-AL, perhaps suggested by French sérial.