新聞美語 每日一字 Sequel

12月19日Reuters(路透社)的一則新聞標題：
Avatar sequel falls short of box office predictions.
阿凡達電影續集未達到票房預期。

"Sequel"這個名詞的譯解就是"續集"。
A published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one.

"Sequel"的例句：
This encouragement to grow potatoes had a disastrous sequel some fifty years later.
這種鼓勵種土豆的做法在大約五十年後產生了災難性的後果。
A sequel must derive from the story events of the first, original film.
續集必須源自第一部原創電影的故事。

"Sequel"的同義字有：
follow-up、continuation、consequence、result、upshot、outcome、aftereffect、aftermath…