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单词 sudden
释义
sudden
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌd.ən/us
/ˈsʌd.ən/
B2
happeningor donequicklyand withoutwarning:
突然的，忽然的；意外的
Drop thegun, putyourhandsin theair, and don't make any suddenmovements.把枪放下，手举起来，别轻举妄动。
He had a suddenheartattackwhile he was onholiday.他度假时心脏病突然发作。
First theyannouncetheirengagementand then theytellme Angie'spregnant- it's all abitsudden.他们先是宣布了订婚，接着告诉我安吉怀孕了——一切都有点太突然了。
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  • I'dstronglyadviseagainst making a suddendecision.
  • Everyone in theofficewassurprisedby Graham's suddendeparture.
  • There was a suddenloudnoise.
  • A suddengustofwindblewhisumbrellainside out.
  • A suddensnowstormparalysedthecity.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not expected or planned
  • abruptly
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  • ad hoc
  • ad hocism
  • ad hockery
  • extemporize
  • hoof
  • inconceivably
  • innocent
  • innocently
  • instinctive
  • instinctively
  • sine die
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
  • spontaneous
  • spontaneously
  • unannounced
  • unwitting
  • unwittingly
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Related word

suddenness

Idiom

all of a sudden
(Definition ofsuddenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sudden| American Dictionary

sudden
adjective
us
/ˈsʌd·ən/
happeningor donequicklyorunexpectedly:
Thecyclistloweredhisheadand put on a suddenburstofspeed.
(Definition ofsuddenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsudden

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At least in 1998, the exit of butterflies from overwintering sites was relativelysuddenand coincided with the first spring rainfall event.
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The filled circles represent thesuddeninfant death syndrome victims, the open circles the victims for other causes.
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Finally, jurisprudence can be subject tosuddenand discontinuous change.
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Colonists and garrisons were largely absent, and with them land-confiscations, new influxes of wealth, and thesuddenarrival of new cultural habits and dispositions.
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Unlike enclosure, drainage was not a once and for all act representing asuddendiscontinuity, but a process requiring constant investment, attention, maintenance and organisation.
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Because of this, the dictionary definition ofsudden, in which the human timescale is implied, is not helpful.
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Thus, it will be hard, if not impossible, to develop a general theory ofsuddenstops.
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Thesuddendeath of animals is likely to be related to worm invasion into vital organs.
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Although the tumor is benign, resection is indicated because its bulk may cause cardiac dysfunction orsuddendeath.
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Autonomous vehicles moving in unknown environments require the system capacity to respond tosuddenchanges in the operating conditions.
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The shockwave formed by thissuddencollapse causes the rest of the star to explode in a supernova.
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The circulatory changes that result in functional closure of the foramen aresuddenand abrupt, occurring within the first few minutes after birth.
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Why are long periods of political stability punctuated bysuddenbursts of intense instability?
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Suddenincreases in unemployment, however, promote uncertainty even for those enjoying high employment protection.
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The bifurcation occurring at rc is known as saddle node, or tangent bifurcation, and is associated with thesudden, catastrophic disappearance, or appearance, of equilibria.
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