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Spontaneously 英 Spɒn'teɪniəsli] 美 Spɒn'teɪniəsli Adv.自发地;自生地;自然产生地 Heat Flows Cooler

英语单词 spontaneously
英美音标 英 [spɒn'teɪniəsli] 美 [spɒn'teɪniəsli]
中文释义 adv.自发地;自生地;自然产生地
英语例句 (1) Heat never flows spontaneously from a cooler to a hotter body.
(2) A group of people got together spontaneously at the scene of the accident.
中文例句 (1) 热决不会自发地从低温物体流向高温物体。
(2) 一群人自发地聚集在事故现场。
vocabulary简明 When you do something spontaneously, you do it on a whim, without preparing for it or giving it much thought. If your math teacher spontaneously breaks into a tap dance, it will surprise the whole class.
vocabulary扩展 Spontaneously belting out a song on the subway is very different from practicing over many weeks for a choral concert solo. Things that happen spontaneously aren't planned: improvisation in music or theater, for example, happens spontaneously. Spontaneously comes from the adjective spontaneous, with its Late Latin root spontaneus, "willing," or "of one's free will."

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