consecutive

consecutive
[kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv]
adjective
  1. following continuously
    连续的,不断的;接连而来的
    five consecutive months of serious decline.
    连续五个月的严重下跌。
    ■in unbroken or logical sequence
    连贯的;按逻辑顺序的
    ■(Grammar)expressing consequence or result
    (语法)结果的
    a consecutive clause.
    结果从句。
    ■(Music)denoting intervals of the same kind (especially fifths of octaves) occurring consecutively between two parts or voices
    (乐)连续的
派生
consecutively
adverb
consecutiveness
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from French consécutif, -ive, from medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consecut- 'followed closely', from the verb consequi
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