in turn

介词短语
中文释义
英 /ɪn ˈtɜːn/    美 /ɪn ˈtɜɹn/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively.
    — The teacher answered the students each in turn.
  2. In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue.
    — You are next in turn to bat.
  3. In response; in return.
    — The musical ambassadors finished their performance, and the local musicians in turn played for them a traditional ballad.
  4. Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.
    — The vassals were subject to their lords, who in turn were subject to barons or kings.
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