consecutive [k?n?sekj?t?v] adj. 连续不断的；连贯的
例句　There is even a law requiring employers to provide four consecutive weeks of holiday in the summer. 甚至有一项法律要求雇主在夏天提供连续四个星期的假日。
翻译　with 4 consecutive months of housing price falls
（在住房价格连续4个月下跌的同时）
同义替换　continuous adj. 连续的，持续的 sucessive adj. 连续的serial adj. 连续的
constrain [k?n?stre?n] v. 限制；束缚；克制；强制
例句　Sometimes environments constrain those people and sometimes environments give those people opportunity.环境有时候限制一些人，有时候又给那些人机会。