| 单词 | successive |
| 释义 | successive (səksesɪv ) adjective Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break. Jackson was the winner for a second successive year. ...the failure of successive governments to co-ordinate transport policy. Synonyms: consecutive, following, succeeding, in a row successively adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADV adj-compar] He successively won the British, European and World championships. As price is lowered, each sale adds successively smaller amounts to total revenue. Collocations: successive attempts This time the successive attempts at creating splits and intimidation failed. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps this explains successive attempts to take possession of a place that seems doomed to be forever in dispute. Times, Sunday Times Senior judges and politicians say that successive attempts in the past two decades to broaden the make-up of the senior judiciary have failed. Times, Sunday Times Successive attempts at reform have been seen off with consummate elegance. Times, Sunday Times On a tactical level this resulted in successive attempts to breach enemy lines by huge artillery bombardments, the employment of gas and the development of the tank. Times, Sunday Times Fly-fishing involves techniques that need to be practised over several successive days — otherwise it's one cast forward, two casts back. Times, Sunday Times I had two meals in the hotel on successive days. Times, Sunday Times Sources say the country exported no oil for two successive days last week. Times, Sunday Times This was a truly phenomenal event - no heatwave before or since has reached such heights for more than five successive days. Times, Sunday Times And, of course, we just don't know how the court will react to successive days of constant play under cover and lights because it has never happened before. Times, Sunday Times After all, the party held the seat for three successive elections until 2010, and boundary changes to it before that election were small. Times, Sunday Times Its share of the vote has been trapped in the low to mid 30s at four successive elections. Times, Sunday Times Even after a coup ousted him in 2006, his supporters won two successive elections. Times, Sunday Times He held the seat at successive elections until he stood down in 1931. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The party won successive elections in 1953 and 1956. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Five successive failures; they made the final only once. Times, Sunday Times Highly debatable, yet we cling to all sorts of spurious reasons for the national team's successive failures. Times, Sunday Times Only ten years ago, gymnastics was building from scratch after successive failures to produce anything like a medal-winner resulted in funding being all but wiped out. The Sun Successive failures of these in 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1996 ultimately left the spacecraft with a single functional gyro. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three successive failures plunged the project into a crisis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Successive governments, however, have shown themselves unwilling to enforce this law. Times,Sunday Times The importance of energy security has made successive governments reluctant to press the industry harder on customer service. Times, Sunday Times For far too long, successive governments have maintained, at enormous cost, the charade of deploying a so-called independent strategic nuclear deterrent. Times, Sunday Times Yet while successive governments pretend to revere books, they might as well throw them on the bonfire. Times, Sunday Times For example, successive governments have sold off valuable national assets, such as council houses and utilities, at discounts. Times,Sunday Times Successive ministers have lamented the growing boldness of the judiciary in national security matters, but have rarely acted to limit it. Times, Sunday Times They are used by successive ministers, but where do they all go? Times, Sunday Times Successive ministers had failed to appreciate the pressures placed on communities by the scale of the influx over the past 20 years, he said. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps that's because we've tended to blame rail companies for sky-high fares and signal failures, rather than successive ministers reducing their subsidies. Times, Sunday Times Similar concerns have prevented successive ministers from drawing up a coherent strategy to increase the supply of affordable new homes. Times, Sunday Times After all, stop to consider the memory-straining logistics of performing every album of a 36-year back catalogue on successive nights, and the mind boggles. Times, Sunday Times Then use a gradual-withdrawal approach so that you sit away from him over successive nights, not talking as he falls asleep. Times, Sunday Times We kept the lights on and for several successive nights it returned. Times, Sunday Times There are two documentaries about historic track-and-field events on successive nights — and they could scarcely be more different in tone and substance. Times, Sunday Times Over four successive nights last week we watched in horror as television and computer screens were filled with scenes of rioting and looting. Times, Sunday Times Successive rounds of legislation changed the company pension promise into a cast-iron legal obligation to provide a pension indexed to inflation. Times, Sunday Times The challenge, which became more complex over successive rounds, was to advise a health food shop on its business strategy. Times, Sunday Times Every pair plays against a number of opposing pairs in successive rounds, depending on the size of the field. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In successive rounds more monsters appear on each screen, and they move quicker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most slams last multiple rounds, and many involve the elimination of lower-scoring poets in successive rounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A second successive season without a top-four finish? The Sun Yes, they may well qualify for an 18th successive season but nothing will change. The Sun These sides know each other well and are drawn in the same pool for the third successive season. Times, Sunday Times It will be the south coast club's second successive season in the semifinals. Times, Sunday Times The club have applied to introduce rail seating and will be freezing season ticket prices for a ninth successive season. Times,Sunday Times Still leading the way in the hunt for a fourth successive title? Times, Sunday Times They now have a 19-point advantage plus a game in hand and will surely secure a sixth successive title. Times, Sunday Times The home side will claim a seventh successive title if they win. Times, Sunday Times It set a record for 7 successive title defences before surrendering it about five years ago, due to financial problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 City know their hopes of a hattrick of successive titles are over. The Sun A seventh successive victory would have seen them stay up on goal difference - despite a 10-point deduction for going into administration. The Sun A third successive victory proved beyond his frighteningly erratic side. Times, Sunday Times He broke an ankle in the course of his team's fifth successive victory in all competitions. Times, Sunday Times Sent off at 1-6, he travelled powerfully, jumped slickly and pulled 11 lengths clear for an eighth successive victory. Times, Sunday Times It was the eighth successive victory for the under-21s at this venue and sent a 30,000-plus crowd home happy. Times, Sunday Times He describes how successive waves of fashion have turned away from the present, looking to the past for inspiration. The Times Literary Supplement The boat had been hit by three successive waves and water had poured in too quickly for the bilge pump to filter it out. Times, Sunday Times These successive waves of development will create a surge in underlying demand for energy. Times, Sunday Times They were carried by successive waves into neighbourhoods that burnt to the ground after the waters had withdrawn. Times, Sunday Times A region matures as successive waves of species roll in from more established areas nearby and opportunistic pioneers move on to newly disturbed land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were more than 41,000 here to watch their side fail to win a first home game of the season for the eighth successive year. Times, Sunday Times It was the third successive year that the pair had rejoiced in tandem. Times, Sunday Times Failed by just a head to win this for the second successive year 12 months ago. The Sun It was the second successive year of declines. Times, Sunday Times Analysts are forecasting a second successive year of falling profits this year. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 接连的 Japanese: 連続する |
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