英語單詞consequent,consecutive,subsequent,successive的用法和其不同之處？

01-09

近來背單詞，這幾個詞都有連續的，接連的的意思，有點混淆不清，還請英語大神講講他們的用法

回答過好多這樣的的詞義辨析，據說應該授之以漁而不是授之以魚....

當你搞不懂幾個相似的單詞的時候，去查英！英！解！釋！

可以在Dictionary and Thesaurus 韋氏詞典裡面查。

或者
Oxford Dictionary of English.apk_免費高速下載用這個安卓上的軟體。或者手機上有韋氏詞典的App，我習慣用Oxford。

什麼？有道？

好了現在我們來用韋氏詞典上的解釋來看看這幾個詞有神馬區別。網站裡面有很多個解釋，我一般直接看full definition.我其他時候用這個詞典的時候會去看origin來幫助記憶，btw。

consequent

following as a result or effect &consequent relocation&>

有個詞叫consequence，後果，所以consequent不難理解吧，作為之前的事的結果而發生的事。

和連續的其實沒有多大關係好么...這個其實沒有一個很對應的翻譯。

consecutive

following one after the other in order :successive &consecutive terms in office&>

按照順序一個接一個的，所以這個可以翻譯成連續的，接連的。

subsequent

following in time, order, or place &<subsequent events&> &subsequent clause in the treaty&>

這個可以翻譯為隨後的，和consequent的區別是consequent的前後是有因果關係的，而subsequent只是一個先後的關係。

successive

following in order : following each other without interruption &successive victory&>

在consecutive的解釋裡面可以看到用successive來解釋了consecutive，所以其實它們倆的意思是差不多的。

這個結論夠用，但是非得想知道consecutive和successive的區別呢？漁：

Google it.

What"s the difference between *** and ***?

找到一個很靠譜的答案。

Overall, yes consecutively and successively are equivalent.
On closer examination, there is a slight difference though. In consecutively, there is no gap. Insuccessively there is just some order.

For instance "in close/short succession" is sometimes preferred to "in succession" to emphasize consecutiveness.
For instance:

1, 2 and 3 are consecutive numbers

1, 2 and 4 are successive numbers but they are not consecutive.

So for non discrete quantities you would probably prefer "successive" (as in "successive events") and for discrete quantities with no gaps you could use "consecutive" as in "2 consecutive days".

在用consecutive的時候連續的兩個東西直接是沒有gap（斷層？）的，而successive可以有，但是要有一定的規律。successive的原型是success, success的原型是succeed, which does NOT mean成功，而是繼承，也就是後者繼承了前者的規律。差不多這麼理解嗯。在用的時候，尤其是日常使用或者閱讀時，很少會需要你去區分。

嗯就是這樣。