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Successive Word Good Presidents Won Ly 英 Sək'sesɪv] 美

英语单词 successive
英美音标 英 [sək'sesɪv] 美 [sək'sesɪv]
中文释义 adj.连续的;接连的;接二连三的
英语例句 (1) We have had three successive years of good harvest.
(2) He dropped the nails on the ground and successive clangs were heard.
(3) Continuity is ensured by using the same props in successive scenes.
(4) Andrea paid no attention to the successive charges which were brought against him.
中文例句 (1) 我们已连续三年丰收。
(2) 他把钉子掉到了地上,听见了一连串的叮当声。
(3) 在连续的场景中使用同样的道具以确保前后衔接。
(4) 安德烈听着维尔福起诉书中接连提出来的罪名。
vocabulary简明 Successive is a word for things (or people) that follow each other in time. If three presidents in a row were over sixty, you could say "Three successive presidents were over sixty."
vocabulary扩展 Successive is a word that comes up often when you're looking at the history of something. Back in the 1960s, eight successive Boston Celtics teams won the NBA championship. In school, if you do very well, you could get an A in three successive math classes. Even though successive has the word success in it, it's not necessarily a good thing: you could also miss ten successive free throws.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词]连续的;接连的;相继的 Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break.
  • Jackson was the winner for a second successive year...

    杰克逊已经是连续第二年获胜了。

  • Britain was suffering from the failure of successive governments to co-ordinate a national transport policy.

    接连几届政府都没能协调出一个全国性的交通运输政策,英国因此而深受其苦。

successively
  • He successively won the British, European and World championships.

    他一口气拿下了英国、欧洲和世界冠军。

  • ...the successively higher levels of unemployment we have endured during the past three recessions.

    在过去三次大萧条中我们所经历的持续上涨的失业率

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