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serial 作可数名词，常与不定冠词连用。
I watched an exciting serial on TV.
我在电视上看了一部激动人心的连续剧。
连载作品；连续剧；系列节目
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连载作品；连续剧；系列节目
A story, drama, or set of programs published or broadcast in separate installments, often numbered and without a planned ending.
I watched an exciting serial on TV.
我在电视上看了一部激动人心的连续剧。
分期出版的文学作品或戏剧作品,如广播或电视节目,常编号且无指定结局。
A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
一组串行的程序
a serialized set of programs
以连续分册形式发行的出版物,常编号且无预定结束。
A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
按计划定期出现的期刊
a periodical that appears at scheduled times
I enjoy reading serials because each episode ends with a cliffhanger.
我喜欢读连载小说，因为每一期结尾都有悬念。
The TV network decided to air a new serial based on a popular novel.
这家电视网决定播出一部根据流行小说改编的新连续剧。
She has been working on a historical serial for the past three years.
过去三年她一直在创作一部历史题材的连载作品。
serial 作可数名词，常与不定冠词连用。
I watched an exciting serial on TV.
我在电视上看了一部激动人心的连续剧。
She reads several serials every month.
她每月读好几部连载小说。
用 about 引出内容主题。
This is a serial about a detective.
这是一部关于侦探的连载作品。
常见动词有 watch, read, follow, start, write 等。
He started a new serial last week.
他上周开始看一部新的连载。
Not this
I have read many serial this year.
Use this
I have read many serials this year.
汉语中“连载小说”是可数名词，但复数形式不发生变化，而英语中可数名词“serial”需加“-s”表示复数。错误句中“many serial”缺少复数标记，改正后加“-s”才符合英语语法。
Not this
I bought a serial for breakfast.
Use this
I bought a cereal for breakfast.
“serial”（连载作品）与“cereal”（麦片）发音相同但意义不同，属于同音异义词混淆。汉语学习者常因拼音相同而误用，根据上下文“for breakfast”应指食物，故改为“cereal”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
电视连续剧
The television serial kept viewers hooked for months.
这部电视连续剧让观众追了好几个月。
广播连续剧
She listened to the radio serial every morning.
她每天早上收听那部广播连续剧。
每周连载作品
The magazine published a weekly serial by a famous author.
该杂志刊登了某位著名作家的每周连载作品。
连载一部作品
They plan to publish the serial in twelve monthly parts.
他们计划分十二期连载这部作品。
连续剧中的一集
I missed an installment of the serial last night.
我昨晚错过了这部连续剧中的一集。
这是《Serial》播客。
The opening line of every episode of the true-crime podcast Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig, which popularized the genre.
真实犯罪播客《Serial》每一集的开场白，由主持人莎拉·凯尼格讲述，该节目使这一类型广受欢迎。
Use serial naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 series（系列）：把 series 的尾音换成 -al 就是 serial，一个按集连载、常无结局的系列节目。
语域：neutral 常见场景：出版行业、广播电视、期刊杂志 作名词时，serial 通常指分期出版或播出的作品（如电视连续剧、广播系列节目）或分期发行的刊物，也可指定期出版的期刊。该词在正式和日常表达中都比较常见，多用于说明作品或出版物的形式；口语里更常说 series 或 TV series。
可数名词，通常指连载的系列作品。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.