abruptness

英

美

n.  粗鲁，莽撞

BNC.34013 / COCA.31961

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 突然的，意外的（常指令人不快的改变或行为）
  Anabruptchange or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant.
  1. Rosie's idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents' marriage broke up...
     父母婚姻的破裂使得罗茜田园诗般美好的世界陡然画上了句号。
  2. The recession brought an abrupt halt to this happiness...
     经济衰退让这幸福戛然而止。
  3. His abrupt departure is bound to raise questions.
     他的拂袖而去必然会招来很多疑问。
• ADJ-GRADED （言语）粗鲁的，唐突的，鲁莽的
  Someone who isabruptspeaks in a rather rude, unfriendly way.
  1. He was abrupt to the point of rudeness...
     他的唐突已到了无礼的地步。
  2. Cross was a little taken aback by her abrupt manner.
     她鲁莽的态度让克罗斯感到有点吃惊。

英英释义

noun

• an abrupt discourteous manner
  Synonym:brusquenesscurtnessgruffnessshortness
• the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
  Synonym:precipitatenessprecipitousnessprecipitanceprecipitancysuddenness
• the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
  Synonym:precipitousnesssteepness

双语例句

• Given the abruptness of the fourth-quarter contraction, this inventory cycle rebound may be quite strong.
  考虑到第四季度生产规模降幅之大，这种库存周期的反弹可能会相当强劲。
• Had Ted been offended by her abruptness, Zichen wondered, but she could not find the words to soften the tension as he continued to whistle to the squirrel, which was ignoring his generosity.
  泰德也许被自己的鲁莽给冒犯了，自晨心想，但是她没办法说些什么来缓和缓和僵局，因为他不停地朝那只松鼠吹着口哨，而后者对他的慷慨无动于衷。
• The deformation of the tunnel bedding wall rock often has some abruptness;
  处于浅埋顺层围岩条件下的隧道，围岩的变形往往带有突然性；
• These adjectives describe people and their actions when they are marked by abruptness or lack of deliberation.
  这些形容词描述鲁莽或缺乏谨慎的人以及这时的行为。
• The train lurched forward with an abruptness that sent my tea flying.
  火车猛然往前一冲，使得我杯里的茶水向外飞溅。
• Herzog abandoned this theme with characteristic abruptness.
  赫索格以他那特有的出其不意抛开了这一话题。
• Events are developing so swiftly that many feel the abruptness of the change and the need to learn anew.
  事变是发展得这样快，以至使很多人感到突然，感到要重新学习。
• Debris flow is a kind of commonly occurred geological disaster phenomenon, especially develops in mountainous area. It has the characteristics of abruptness.
  泥石流是自然界普遍发生的一种地质灾害现象，尤其多发生于山区，具有突发性的特点。
• Earthquake is one kind of natural disasters with abruptness and severe damage, of which high intensity earthquake can cause a great loss of life and property.
  地震是一种严重危及人们生命财产的突发性自然灾害，烈度很大地震的发生将会带来非常巨大的生命和财产损失。
• From the viewpoint of the unity of opposites, the dynamics of relation between the human and the globe has the following characteristics: entirety and localization, gradual variation and abruptness, regeneration and unregeneration, causality, irreversibility and avoidance& prevention, linear and index variation.
  从对立统一观分析，人-地关系动力学具有整体性与局部性、缓变性与突发性、可再生性与不可再生性、因果性、不可逆性与避防性、线性变化与指数变化等特性。