- 1a/kənˈsekjətɪv/連續的
Following one after another with no break between them — used with days, years, games, numbers, and other units in a series.
「consecutive」說的是「一個接著一個、中間沒跳過」。常見：consecutive days／years／games。核心畫面可以想成「排成一排、沒空格」——三天就是週一到週三連著，不是隔天。跟 successive 都有「接著」的感覺，但 consecutive 更強調中間沒斷。
示範例句 · Example
It rained for four consecutive days, so the sports day was moved.
中文翻譯它下雨了連續四天，所以運動會被延期了。
常見搭配
consecutive days / years / months
連續的日子／年／月
days, years, or months that follow with no break
She practiced every day for ten consecutive days.
for the third consecutive year / time
連續第三年／第三次
this is the third year or time in a row
They won the prize for the third consecutive year.
consecutive games / wins / victories
連續的比賽／勝利
games or wins that follow one after another
The Sharks have won five consecutive games.
consecutive numbers
連續的數字
numbers that follow in order with no gap
5, 6, and 7 are consecutive numbers.
two / three consecutive nights
連續兩／三晚
nights that come one right after another
They stayed up late on two consecutive nights.
意思相反
alternateinterruptedoccasional
core核心畫面
From the word’s history
From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus 'followed up', from cōnsequor.
借自法文 consécutif，源自拉丁文 cōnsecūtus「接著跟上」。
Picture items in a row with nothing slipped in between them — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and no day skipped. The word is about the gaps, not the number: three consecutive wins means three in a row with no loss in the middle.
容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。
意思相反
alternateinterruptedoccasional
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
consecutiveadj/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/
- 1
Following, in succession, without interruption.
- He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals.
- It was his 41st goal for England, making him the country's fifth highest international goalscorer and continued an incredible record of scoring in 15 consecutive World Cup and Euro qualifiers.
- 2
Having some logical sequence.
consecutivenoun/kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/
- 1
entertainmentlifestylemusicA sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
- The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that the prohibition of consecutives is the stricter the nearer the interval in question lies to the fundamental component of a blend.
- In the case of discords, the fixed progression of the dissonant interval serves, to a large extent, as a guide to the progression of the remaining intervals of the harmony; in the case of concords this guidance is lacking, and it must be remembered that, in every progression of two parts, by similar motion, to a perfect concord (Fifth or Octave), there are bound to be hidden, if not apparent, consecutives.
- 2
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
- What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions.
- Unfortunately, we have not had the opportunity to study examples of consecutives in other languages. We hypothesize that consecutives may be found in other languages, especially in those langages that have a complicated system of Aktionsarten.
- 3
Consecutive interpretation.
- Having an audience would have allowed a more natural setting for the consecutive. The choice of individual sessions was dictated by the following considerations: (i) given that the recordings were made on an itinerant basis (sometimes at subjects' homes), it would have proved practically impossible to arrange an audience for every session; (ii) recruiting an audience for the consecutives recorded at university would have limited the pool of potential subjects without prior knowledge of the speeches; (iii) it would have been inconsistent to record some interpretations before an audience and others in individual sessions.
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