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suddenly

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🇺🇸 /sˈʌdʌnli/
adv 编号: S05730 牛津3000 BNC #854 COCA #955
表示事情在几乎没有预兆的情况下突然发生,常译为“突然地”或“忽然”。
💡 记忆钩子
把它想成平静的画面突然被按下开关:事情原本没有明显迹象,却一下子发生了,所以 suddenly 就是“突然地、出人意料地”。
📝 学习建议
  • 不要把 suddenly 误解为“很快”本身;它重点强调缺少预兆和出乎意料,而不只是速度快。
📖 中文释义
adv
  • core 突然地;忽然
    📖 表示某件事在几乎没有预兆、令人意外的情况下发生,就像平静的画面突然被切换了一样。
    💡 常放在句首,构成“Suddenly, + 句子”,也可放在主语后或主要动词前。它用于突出意外的变化,常见于讲故事和描述突发情况;不要把它当作单纯表示“很快”的副词。
    Suddenly, the lights went out.
    突然,灯灭了。
    She suddenly started laughing.
    她突然笑了起来。
more suddenly comparative most suddenly superlative
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 3 组
quickly and without warning
同义词集: abruptly suddenly short dead
he stopped suddenly
happening unexpectedly
同义词集: suddenly all of a sudden of a sudden
suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side
on impulse; without premeditation;
同义词集: on the spur of the moment suddenly
he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment
he made up his mind suddenly
🌳 词源
源自中古英语,基本相当于 sudden 加上副词后缀 -ly。
Inherited from Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly.
🔄 变式
more suddenly compar most suddenly superl
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