用作定语
▲～+n.
 The story will be continued in subsequent issues of the magazine.小说将继续在以后几期杂志上连载。
▲n.+～
 The day subsequent to your visit he died.你探望后的第二天,他便去世了。
用作表语
▲S+be+～+to n./pron.
 His illness was subsequent to his wife's death.他在妻子死后就病倒了。

［同义词］   following, later
［反义词］   preceding, previous
［词源］＜拉丁语subsequense(随后的,后来的)