副詞 abruptly:

1. quickly and without warning
   同義詞：suddenly, short, dead

1. "Why?" She asked abruptly.
   "為什么？"她忽然問道。
2. The train stopped abruptly, nearly tipping me out of my bunk.
   火車突然停住，我差點(diǎn)兒從　位上摔下來。
3. The number of tigers has reduced abruptly in the last fifty years.
   在過去的五十年里，老虎的數(shù)目銳減。
4. About20 Chinatown garment workers— who said their boss abruptly closed up shop, leaving them high and dry at Christmas— yesterday demanded$40,000 in back pay.
   大約20名唐人街制衣工人——他們說老板突然關(guān)閉工廠，令他們在圣誕節(jié)一籌莫展——昨天要求付給他們40000元欠薪。