sudden
adj. 突然的
Sudden means happening quickly and unexpectedly.
He had been deeply affected by the sudden death of his father-in-law...
岳父的猝死使他十分傷心。
'I hope,' the stranger said, 'that the sudden change of venue did not inconvenience you.'...
那位陌生人說:“我希望突然改變地點不會給您帶來不便。”
If something happens all of a sudden, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.
All of a sudden she didn't look sleepy any more.
她突然看起來一點都不困了。
1. happening without warning or in a short space of time;
(all) of a sudden
突然地
on a sudden
(古)。 同 all of a sudden
all of a sudden
突然地:非常迅速地和突然地;出乎意料地
The sudden storm thwarted the farmers getting in wheat.
突然而來的暴風雨使農民們不能把麥子都收進來.
The sudden increase in sales is easily explicable.
銷售額的突然增加是很容易理解的.
Progress toward democracy has to be made in steps , rather than a sudden leap.
必須逐步地實行民主化, 不可操之過急.
The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese.
為了躲避一隊鵝,司機突然來個急轉彎.
Why all this sudden change?
何以變卦?