abruptly

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UK [ə'brʌptli]
  • adv.突然；立刻；忽然间；猝然
  • Web突然地；唐突地；猛然

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adv.
1.
突然;忽然间;猝然;出其不意地;兀地一下
2.
立刻,立即
3.
粗暴地;不客气地

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Definition:
AllAll,突然突然,立刻立刻,忽然间忽然间,猝然猝然,突然地突然地,唐突地唐突地,猛然猛然
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1.
And to take the orphans so abruptly, without giving them any time to prepare, did not seem like it was in the children's best interests.
另外，他如此唐突地就把孤儿们给带回来，丝毫不给孩子们任何准备，这似乎不太符合孩子们的最高权益。
lìng wài , tā rú cǐ táng tū de jiù bǎ gū ér men gěi dài huí lái , sī háo bù gěi hái zi men rèn hé zhǔn bèi , zhè sì hū bù tài fú hé hái zi men de zuì gāo quán yì 。
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2.
As he passed by one of the counters he paused abruptly, his eye caught by an object that was very familiar.
他走过一个柜台，忽然站住脚，他看见了一件非常眼熟的东西。
tā zǒu guò yī gè guì tái , hū rán zhàn zhù jiǎo , tā kàn jiàn le yī jiàn fēi cháng yǎn shú de dōng xi 。
3.
But Fate did put an end to it a bit abruptly.
但是命运还是将它终止得有点突然。
dàn shì mìng yùn hái shì jiāng tā zhōng zhǐ de yǒu diǎn tū rán 。
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4.
He hung about me for a while, and having screwed up his courage, exclaimed abruptly - 'Nelly, make me decent, I'm going to be good. '
他拥抱了我一会，然后鼓足勇气，非常突然的说道，“雷莉，把我打扮得体面点，我要做个好孩子。”
tā yōng bào le wǒ yí huì , rán hòu gǔ zú yǒng qì , fēi cháng tū rán de shuō dào , " léi lì , bǎ wǒ dǎ bàn dé tǐ miàn diǎn , wǒ yào zuò gè hǎo hái zi 。 "
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5.
Xiangzi did not dare to keep staring, and lowered his head abruptly, but he still had a mental picture of that shimmering green jacket.
祥子不敢再看了，茫然的低下头去，心中还存着个小小的带光的绿袄。
xiáng zǐ bù gǎn zài kàn le , máng rán de dī xià tóu qù , xīn zhōng hái cún zhe gè xiǎo xiǎo de dài guāng de lǜ ǎo 。
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6.
Communities do not end abruptly but grade into one another as individual species encounter the limits of their environmental tolerance.
群落不会突然中断，而是逐渐的过渡到其他群落，因为各个物种是逐渐受到它们的环境耐受力限制的。
qún luò bú huì tū rán zhōng duàn , ér shì zhú jiàn de guò dù dào qí tā qún luò , yīn wèi gè gè wù zhǒng shì zhú jiàn shòu dào tā men de huán jìng nài shòu lì xiàn zhì de 。
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7.
He turned back abruptly to her as if impatient with her slowness.
他兀地一下转过身对着她，仿佛对她的迟缓感到不耐烦似的。
tā wù de yí xià zhuǎn guò shēn duì zhe tā , fǎng fú duì tā de chí huǎn gǎn dào bù nài fán shì de 。
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8.
Abruptly one answer came unbidden to his mind, an intuitive leap, as his subconscious provided him with a solution to the question.
突然，象他以前下意识地找到问题的答案一样，一道直觉的灵光闪现在脑海。
tū rán , xiàng tā yǐ qián xià yì shí de zhǎo dào wèn tí de dá àn yí yàng , yí dào zhí jué de líng guāng shǎn xiàn zài nǎo hǎi 。
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9.
It set off speculation about what led her to leave so abruptly.
这一消息引发了促使她如此匆忙离开原因的猜测。
zhè yī xiāo xi yǐn fā le cù shǐ tā rú cǐ cōng máng lí kāi yuán yīn de cāi cè 。
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10.
Abruptly she said, "I don't know where Mapie is. I haven't seen him in four days. "
她突然说道：“我不知道喜鹊在哪儿，我已经4天没见到他了。”
tā tū rán shuō dào : " wǒ bù zhī dào xǐ què zài nǎ er , wǒ yǐ jīng sì tiān méi jiàn dào tā le 。 "
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