Word · Frequency #21885
suddenness
突然；意外
核心释义
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
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突然；意外
The state of being sudden.
意外；突然
用法In use
The suddenness of the storm caught everyone off guard.
用法提示：suddenness 是名词，表示‘突然性’，作句子的主语。
She was startled by the suddenness of his departure.
用法提示：suddenness 是名词，作介词 by 的宾语，强调‘突然’这一性质。
The suddenness with which they changed the plan left us confused.
用法提示：suddenness 是名词，与 with which 搭配，说明动作发生得毫无预兆。
the suddenness of [noun]
suddenness 常与 the 连用，后接 of 说明突然发生的事件。
The suddenness of the storm surprised everyone.
暴风雨的突然让每个人都感到意外。
with a suddenness that [clause]
with a suddenness that 强调动作发生得令人意外，that 后接完整句子。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the suddenness of the change
- 变化的突然
- The suddenness of the change made it hard to adjust.变化的突然让人难以适应。
- with suddenness
- 突然地，出其不意地
- The door slammed shut with suddenness.门砰地一声突然关上了。
- startling suddenness
- 令人吃惊的突然
- The machine stopped with startling suddenness.机器突然停了下来，令人吃惊。
- the suddenness of her departure
- 她离开的突然
- The suddenness of her departure left us all confused.她突然离开让我们都摸不着头脑。
- unexpected suddenness
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
sudden（突然）+名词后缀-ness，就是“突然、意外”；联想事情猝不及防地发生。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reports、literary narration、formal essays suddenness 是抽象名词，多用于书面叙述、文学或正式讨论；日常口语中较少单用，常用 the fact that it happened so suddenly 或 how sudden it was 来表达。总体语气中性，略带正式感。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都含透明的后缀 -ness，读作 /nəs/（或 /nɪs/）。但它们的重读元音各不相同，因此都不与 suddenness /ˈsʌdnnɪs/ 押韵。注意：suddenness 拼写中有两个 n，重读为 /ʌ/；不要与 sadness /ˈsæd-/、darkness /ˈdɑːrk-/ 等混淆，它们拼写相近但发音不同。
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