学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3458 abruptly

 今天我们要学的词是 abruptly¹.

 

 

abruptly 的意思是突然地，出乎意外地。 Former Bolivian President Evo Morales requested asylum² in Mexico hours after he abruptly resigned from office in the wake of mass protests over last month's disputed election. 玻利维亚前总统莫拉莱斯在上个月有争议的选举引发大规模抗议后突然辞职，几个小时后他就来到墨西哥寻求庇护。

 

Temperatures abruptly dropped to freezing catching³ many New England residents off guard this week when they scrambled⁴ to get their house heating systems started and running. 这个星期突然降温的严寒天气让新英格兰地区的许多居民措手不及，急忙启动了住房供暖系统。

1 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

4 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》