英:[əˈbrʌptli]
美:[əˈbrʌptli]
英:[əˈbrʌptli]
美:[əˈbrʌptli]
adv.
突然地
意外地
(言谈举止)唐突地
<地质>陡起地
词根:abrupt
adj.abrupt 生硬的;突然的;唐突的;陡峭的
n.abruptness 突然;唐突;粗鲁无理;急缓度
adverb
in an abrupt manner : in a sudden and unexpected way The car swerved abruptly onto the exit ramp. Her career as a psychologist ended abruptly several years ago when a hacker broke into some of her private client files and made them public …—Michael Logan The small, rocky Anacapa Island [California] has steep cliffs which rise abruptly from the ocean on almost every side …—David J. Rutherford
He left abruptly.
The first known use of abruptly was in 1565
1 Yet the distance between them was abruptly charged with her, and her smell was in his nostrils.
2 The noise inside the synagogue ceased so abruptly that I felt its absence as one would a sudden lack of air.
3 Then he smiled, shook his head, and reached out abruptly to slap Longstreet’s knee.
4 I looked into his eyes, abruptly grasping that this was every bit as new to him as it was to me.
5 Kit lifted the pewter mug thirstily, and abruptly set it down.
6 “I don’t think I’ll fit ...” I hesitated, but her hands were abruptly pulling my shirt over my head.
7 “Impressive aim. The knife is one of a pair, correct? See this pattern painted on the bottom of the blade? It cuts off abruptly.”
8 Then he would crawl back in his bag, be still for a time, curse abruptly, fling off encumbrances, and repeat the process.
9 Within six months their physical attraction for each other suddenly waned; they lost a sexual rhythm together, becoming clumsy in bed, self-conscious, and then abruptly withdrawn.
10 Koffi was massaging her temples, still trying to make sense of the words, when abruptly, she noticed something.
11 I stand, abruptly, my jaw clenched and sore.
12 When he had donned his glove again, Jon Snow turned abruptly and walked to the low, icy northern parapet.
13 “Do not leap. Do not move abruptly. If you don’t promise to take it easy, I’ll slow your heart and keep you in a coma until I can be sure you’ve recovered fully.”
14 He watched as the horses slogged through the mud, Seabiscuit dogging and taunting until Kayak pinned his ears and abruptly quit.
15 "I spoke to the rabbi last week," he says abruptly.
16 The subtle stream of his emotions cuts off abruptly.
17 At around 20,000 feet, where the glacier emerged from the lower end of the Cwm, it pitched abruptly over a precipitous drop.
18 Then, too abruptly, the clip ended and we were suddenly back on T Wharf with Sookie and the newscaster.
19 Within another few paces, the corridor stopped abruptly, sealed by a wall of boulders.
20 I stand more abruptly than I mean to, which sends my chair clattering into the wall and onto the floor.