following one after another in a continuous series 連續不斷的 She was absent for nine consecutive days. 她一連缺席了九天。 He is beginning his fourth consecutive term of office. 他開始了第四屆任期。 After six consecutive defeats, the team was almost ready to give up. 連續六次失敗後,這個隊幾乎準備放棄了。 Interest rates rose again for the fifth consecutive month. 利率連續第五個月再次上升。 They achieved their third consecutive year of record sales. 他們實現了連續第三年創紀錄的銷售。
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.