nonchronological
adjective (also non-chronological) uk/ˌnɒn.krɒn.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ us/ˌnɑːn.krɒn.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
不按时间顺序的;不按先后次序的
not following the order in which a series of events happened
The book has a nonchronological structure.
The action of the play is presented in non-chronological order. 这部戏剧的情节不是按照事件发生的先后顺序呈现的。
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- The order of the chapters is non-chronological.
- The book has three different narrators and is told in a series of nonchronological fragments.
- The non-chronological order of events made the film a bit confusing.
- Customers complained when their bank statements listed the transactions in a non-chronological order.