successive

連続する、相次ぐ

間に休みや別のものが入らず、次々に続く。

やさしい英語で： Following one after another, without a break or a different thing in between.

• It rained for three successive days.
• Successive governments have promised to improve the roads.
• The team suffered five successive defeats.

類義語： consecutive, back-to-back

反対語： nonconsecutive

よく使う表現： successive years, successive generations, three successive wins

世襲の

同じ家系の中で、一人から次の人へ受け継がれる。

やさしい英語で： Passed from one person to another through a family line.

• The document described the title as successive.
• The family claimed successive rights to the estate.
• That ancient law established a successive claim through the male line.

類義語： hereditary, inherited

よく使う表現： a successive title, successive rights, successive inheritance