suc·ces·sive
adjective/səkˈsesɪv/
/səkˈsesɪv/
[only before noun]- following immediately one after the other
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.
连续两年降雨偏少。
Extra Examples- She grew less confident with every successive defeat.
每一次失败，她都变得越来越没有信心。 - The country experienced successive waves of invasion.
该国经历了一波又一波的入侵。 - 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.
该文本已被历代医学生使用。
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’. - This was their fourth successive win.