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sudden

/suhd-n/US // ˈsʌd n //UK // (ˈsʌdən) //

突然,忽然,突然的,突发

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning, or unexpectedly: a sudden attack.
    • : occurring without transition from the previous form, state, etc.; abrupt: a sudden turn.
    • : impetuous; rash.
    • : Archaic. quickly made or provided.
    • : Obsolete. unpremeditated.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Literary. without warning; suddenly.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Obsolete. an unexpected occasion or occurrence.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unexpected; happening quickly

Examples

  • All of a sudden, political videos have started to appear across all categories — humor, beauty, sport.

  • Thanks to Google's sudden disinterest in iOS app updates, the messages were showing even when users had the latest, two-month-old updates of these Google apps.

  • As rescue workers search for more than 100 people who are still missing, officials and scientists are trying to unravel the causes of the sudden flood.

  • The metaphor of “wildfire” became common in descriptions of the disease, especially “flare-ups” as countries that initially brought down their infection rates faced sudden surges of infection.

  • The curriculum they covered was truncated in response to the sudden closure of schools in March, when the public health emergency slammed the nation.

  • Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!

  • Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.

  • Airline pilots are now slowly, too slowly, being given access to flight simulators able to reproduce sudden and unexpected upsets.

  • People will always scratch and save if a sudden burst of unrestrained pleasure can be purchased.

  • Liu had been married just two months before and his wife now stood in this Brooklyn hospital, a sudden widow because of a madman.

  • The noise of his slumbers culminated in a sudden, choking grunt, and abruptly ceased.

  • The sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.

  • While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!

  • They were a well-matched pair; iron-nerved, both of them, the sort of men to face sudden death open-eyed and unafraid.

  • Aristide, aglow with a sudden impudent inspiration, leant across the marble table.