1.连续的;接连的;相继的 Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break.
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