英语单词 | abrupt |
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英美音标 | 英 [ə'brʌpt] 美 [ə'brʌpt] |
中文释义 | adj.突然的;唐突的;意外的;陡峭的 |
英语例句 | (1) The river takes an abrupt bend to the west. (2) His speech comes to an abrupt stop. (3) That young man has an abrupt manner. (4) Pug's abrupt proposal gave her a big surprise. (5) We walked down an abrupt slope. (6) I haven't seen such abrupt rocks yet. |
中文例句 | (1) 这河突然向西转弯。 (2) 他的演讲突然停止了。 (3) 那个年轻人态度很无礼。 (4) 帕格的出乎意料的求婚给了她一个意外的惊喜。 (5) 我们沿着陡峭的斜坡走下来。 (6) 你至今没看到过这样陡峭的岩石。 |
vocabulary简明 | An abrupt decision is one you make suddenly. An abrupt halt is one the Road Runner comes to when reaching an abrupt drop-off—you'd hear brakes squealing. |
vocabulary扩展 | Because being abrupt with someone is often a way of showing them that you are angry, you often apologize for the appearance of it. "I'm sorry I was abrupt. I was rushing to get to class." The root of abrupt is Latin rumpere "to break," which also gives us rupture "break" and interrupt "break into." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]突然的,意外的(常指令人不快的改变或行为) An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant.
abruptly
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](言语)粗鲁的,唐突的,鲁莽的 Someone who is abrupt speaks in a rather rude, unfriendly way.
abruptly
abruptness
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