单词

abrupt

读音

əˈbrʌpt

美式

英式

词根

"abrupt" 来自拉丁词根 "ab-"（表示“离开”）和 "rumpere"（表示“打破”），所以原意是“破袭发生”。

释义

adj. 生硬的；突然的；唐突的；陡峭的

例句

He was abrupt to the point of rudeness.

他唐突到了无礼的地步。

She was very abrupt with me in our meeting.

在我们会面时，她跟我说话非常生硬。

His abrupt change of subject left her floundering helplessly.

他突然改变话题，使她茫然不知所措。

强化记忆

你可以把 "abrupt" 想象成 "A+break+up+fast"，就像是“一个分手（break up）发生得非常快（fast）”，总是让人措手不及，从而联想到 "abrupt" 的含义“突然的”。"abrupt" 大概在16世纪从拉丁语直接借用过来，用来描绘景观的“陡峭”和“突然”的特点，之后也扩展到了对行为与言语的描述。

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It absolutely means something more.So now, this is an abrupt transition here.There was three years where I actually did have a real job, sort of.

The play is an odd sort of tragedy,lacking either the abrupt brutality or all-consuming romancethat characterize Shakespeare’s other work in the genre.

the books of Timbuktu were in demand among the wealthiest members of society.In 1591, the golden age came to an abrupt endwhen the Moroccan king captured Timbuktu.

at this time,if we look what happened before this abrupt warming event,the rivers kind of carved their way down from the mountains to the sea,

and take you to a special time in earth's past.About 55 million years ago, there was a really abrupt warming event,and what happened was a whole bunch of carbon dioxide

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