A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative. 倒叙,闪回镜头一种文学或电影的表现手法,往往在一段按正常时间顺序记叙的叙事中插入一件以前发生过的事情
A period of time as reckoned from a specific date serving as the basis of its chronological system. 年代从某一具体日期算起的一段时间,也用作其年代系统的根据
The movie was shot in chronological order. 电影是按着时间顺序拍摄的。
chronological
[ adj ] relating to or arranged according to temporal order <adj.pert> chronological age
Chronologic \Chron`o*log"ic\, Chronological \Chron`o*log"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.] Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. --Raleigh. -- {Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
And since in recent years his work has tended to be increasingly decorative, a chronological arrangement was apparently thought to be too risky.
The entries list, in reverse chronological order, the manufacturer, the recalled model, the reason for the recall and the date of the recall.
"When we talk about the last decade of the 20th century we get into a chronological question which forces you to ask: When did the first century begin?" he says.
When he began to write, old age was still old age, but nowadays we are being asked to call it chronological experience in order to be correct.
Israel is expected to provide a chronological summary of its version of the financial transactions involving the arms sales in the next few days, according to Israeli officials.
Instead of coming in chronological sequence in the first act, it is delayed and shown as a flashback in the second.
As you go through this chronological show, you are constantly struck by the increasing strength and freshness of his vision.
But even if you try to put the events in chronological order, the motives are still unclear. There is an old woman and a daughter, both of whom seem fairly high on the bottle.
The exhibition is arranged thematically, in roughly chronological order, starting with works Matisse did during the two years previous to his departure for Nice.