a series of related things or events, or the order in which they follow each other

The first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that led to his death. 第一章描述了造成他死亡的一连串奇特事件。

Is there a particular sequence in which you have to perform these tasks? 你是否得按一定的顺序完成这些任务？

For the sake of convenience the photographs are shown in chronological sequence (= in the order in which they were taken). 为方便起见，照片按时间顺序展示。

a part of a film that shows a particular event or a related series of events

The movie's opening sequence is of a very unpleasant murder. 影片开头的一组镜头呈现的是一起让人心悸的谋杀。

to combine things in a particular order, or discover the order in which they are combined

They discussed how to sequence the steps in the plan. 他们讨论了如何安排计划各个步骤的顺序。

reading books sequenced in order of difficulty 按照书本难度顺序阅读

to discover the order in which nucleotides (= chemical substances) are combined within DNA

Researchers sequenced the full genome of a rat. 研究者们测定了大鼠基因组的全部序列。