one after another

順番に、次々に

人や物、出来事が一つずつ順に続いて。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： one by one, in turn, successively

反対語： simultaneously

よく使う表現： arrive one after another, speak one after another, one after another came

立て続けに、絶え間なく

ほとんど間を置かず繰り返し起こり、しばしば状況をつらくする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： relentlessly, incessantly, nonstop

よく使う表現： problems one after another, setbacks one after another

一列になって

人や物がそれぞれ前の人や物の後ろに並んで。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： in single file

反対語： side by side

よく使う表現： walk one after another, follow one after another