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. 连续六次失败后,这个队几乎准备放弃了。 Interest rates rose again for the fifth consecutive month. 利率连续第五个月再次上升。 They achieved their third consecutive year of record sales. 他们实现了连续第三年创纪录的销售。
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.