consecutive

adjective
🔊/kənˈsekjətɪv/
🔊/kənˈsekjətɪv/
[usually before noun]
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  1. following one after another in a continuous series 连续不断的
    • She was absent for nine consecutive days.她一连缺席了九天。🔊🔊
    • He is beginning his fourth consecutive term of office.他开始了第四届任期。🔊🔊
    • After six consecutive defeats, the team was almost ready to give up.在连续六次失败之后,车队几乎准备放弃。
    • Interest rates rose again for the fifth consecutive month.利率连续第五个月上升。
    • They achieved their third consecutive year of record sales.他们连续第三年实现创纪录的销售。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConsecutive is used with these nouns:
    • defeat
    • draw
    • month
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French consécutif, -ive, from medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecut- ‘followed closely’, from the verb consequi.