one after another

nacheinander

Einzeln und der Reihe nach, wobei jede Person, Sache oder jedes Ereignis auf das vorherige folgt.

In einfachem Englisch: Separately and in order, with each person, thing, or event following the previous one.

• The guests arrived one after another.
• She opened the letters one after another.
• One after another, the students stood up and introduced themselves.

Synonyme: one by one, in turn, successively

Gegenteile: simultaneously

Häufige Wendungen: arrive one after another, speak one after another, one after another came

unaufhörlich, Schlag auf Schlag

Immer wieder, mit kaum einer oder gar keiner Pause, sodass die Situation oft schwierig wird.

In einfachem Englisch: Repeatedly, with little or no pause, often making a situation difficult.

• Problems came one after another.
• She faced setbacks one after another all year.
• One after another, fresh crises kept the exhausted staff at work.

Synonyme: relentlessly, incessantly, nonstop

Häufige Wendungen: problems one after another, setbacks one after another

im Gänsemarsch, hintereinander

In einer Reihe, wobei jede Person oder Sache hinter einer anderen ist.

In einfachem Englisch: In a line, with each person or thing behind the next.

• We walked one after another along the path.
• The children passed one after another through the narrow doorway.
• The horses moved one after another along the ridge.

Synonyme: in single file

Gegenteile: side by side

Häufige Wendungen: walk one after another, follow one after another