abruptly
adverb
uk/əˈbrʌpt.li/us/əˈbrʌpt.li/abruptlyadverb(suddenly)
in asudden,unexpected, and sometimesunpleasantway:
突然地;意外地Hestoodup abruptly and wentoutside.他猛地站起身,向外面走去。
Thetalksendedabruptly when one of thedelegationswalkedout inprotest.当一个代表团离场抗议时,会谈突然结束了。
- Thecallendedabruptly.
- She came back fiveminuteslate fromlunchand was abruptlydismissed.
- Theageof thedinosaursendedabruptly about 65 millionyearsago.
Not expected or planned
- abruptness
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- adventitious
- extemporize
- hoof
- innocent
- innocently
- instinctive
- instinctively
- involuntarily
- spirit
- spontaneity
- spontaneous
- spontaneously
- steepness
- unannounced
- unwitting
- unwittingly
abruptlyadverb(rudely)
in a way thatseemsrudeandunfriendly,especiallyby using very few words whentalking:
(讲话)生硬地;鲁莽地;唐突地"I don'tcarewhat youthink," Audrey said abruptly.“我不在乎你怎么想,”奥黛丽粗鲁地说。
IknowI sometimesspeakandactabruptly.我知道我有时说话和动作都很唐突。
- Hespokemore abruptly than heintended.
- "Why is thishousesocold?" heaskedabruptly.
- Itannoyedme that hespokeso abruptly.
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- abruptness
- bald
- baldly
- baldness
- bluff
- blunt
- bluntly
- edgelord
- flat outphrase
- forthright
- forthrightness
- forwardness
- plain speaking
- plain-spoken
- plainness
- point-blank
- pull
- shoot
- suffer
- vocal
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Not being friendly
Not saying much
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