suddenness

英

美

n.  意外，突然

BNC.21885 / COCA.24811

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 突然的;骤然的;忽然的
  Suddenmeans happening quickly and unexpectedly.
  1. He had been deeply affected by the sudden death of his father-in-law...
     岳父的猝死使他十分伤心。
  2. 'I hope,' the stranger said, 'that the sudden change of venue did not inconvenience you.'...
     那位陌生人说：“我希望突然改变地点不会给您带来不便。”
  3. She started to thank him, but a sudden movement behind him caught her attention...
     她正要谢他时，他身后有什么东西突然动了一下吸引了她的注意力。
  4. It was all very sudden.
     这一切都太突然了。
• PHRASE 突然地;出乎意料地
  If something happensall of a sudden, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.
  1. All of a sudden she didn't look sleepy any more.
     她突然看起来一点都不困了。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
  Synonym:abruptnessprecipitatenessprecipitousnessprecipitanceprecipitancy

双语例句

• He apologized amply for his suddenness.
  他因自己的唐突而深表歉意。
• It is characteristic of suddenness, short life span, creativeness, and accumulation.
  生活（英文）它具有突发性、易逝性、创造性和积累性的突出特征。
• Sudden medical incidents in hospital are of suddenness, mass and press, the go beyond the normal service ability of a hospital, if they are handled improperly, serious result often occur.
  医院突发医疗事件具有突发性、群体性和紧迫性的特点，它超出医院正常服务能力，如处理不当，往往会造成严重后果。
• Crisis with such characteristics as suddenness, destructiveness, relevancy and excitability, is greatly accorded with the standard of the news value.
  危机事件因为其突发性、破坏性、关联性和刺激性等特点，最大限度地契合了新闻价值的标准。
• The president's final decision came with stunning suddenness.
  总统之最后决定的突然性令人吃惊。
• "In its depth and suddenness," argues Prof Johnson, "the US economic and financial crisis is shockingly reminiscent of moments we have recently seen in emerging markets."
  约翰逊教授认为：“就其深度和突然性而言，美国经济和金融危机与我们近来在新兴市场看到的情形有着惊人的相似之处。”
• Suddenness, verge of a war, threat and urgency are four characteristics of international crises.
  国际危机具有突发性、临界性、威胁性和紧迫性等特点。
• America's allies were rather taken aback by the suddenness of this announcement.
  这份突如其来的声明使美国的盟友们大吃一惊。
• Infants died of suddenness increased, congenital malformation is still an important problem.
  ④意外死亡儿童增多，较多的先天畸形死亡仍是重要问题。
• 'Very true, my dear Paul,'retorted Mrs Chick, with an extraordinary show of animation, to cover the suddenness of her conversion;'and spoken like yourself.
  “完全正确，我亲爱的保罗，”奇克夫人回答道；为了掩盖她突然改变主意，她就显示出异乎寻常的活泼；“这正是你应该说的。