following immediately one after the other synonym consecutive连续的;接连的;相继的 This was their fourth successive win. 这是他们连续第四次获胜。 Successive governments have tried to tackle the problem. 历届政府都试图解决这个问题。 There has been low rainfall for two successive years. 连续两年降雨量很少。
Extra ExamplesShe grew less confident with every successive defeat. 随着一次又一次的失败,她变得越来越不自信。 The country experienced successive waves of invasion. 这个国家经历了一波又一波的侵略。 The road remained closed for the third successive day. 第三天这条路仍然继续封闭。 The text has been used by successive generations of medical students. 这篇课文被一代又一代的医学生所使用。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySuccessive is used with these nouns:- defeat
- draw
- generation
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin successivus, from success- ‘followed closely’, from the verb succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’.