That the phonebook was sorted alphabetically and that the array of numbers on the board behind the second row of paper itself was sorted alphabetically.

电话簿是按照字母顺序排列的,而且黑板上第二排后面的一系列数字,也是按字母顺排列的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

You got an extra hint here in terms of the order, so even if you had just forgotten what I said, sometimes it's not a terrible idea just to put it in the order it's written, that can give you a lot of clues as well.

其实大家还可以发现一个额外的提示，因此即使你忘了我刚才说的，有时候直接按照这个顺序,排列也不失为一个办法，这也可以给你很多提示。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Notice that though the list isn't strictly chronological, man nevertheless does succeed God.

请注意这张表虽然不是完全按照时间顺序排列的，人类着实在上帝以后。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I don't even think they are in chronological order by topic.

我甚至都没想,它们是按照主题的时间顺序排列的。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

bviously,the phases are no longer in alphabetical order, but I introduced D in the middle so the other phases could keep their same labels.

显然，这阶段不是按照字母表的顺序排列的，我在这里放入D，其他阶段不变。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选