除了''suddenly''，英語還能怎么表達(dá)“突然間”這個(gè)意思？

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1. all of a sudden: suddenly - use this especially in stories or descriptions of past events常用于講故事或者描述過去的事情

例：

We waited and waited, then all of a sudden we saw a sail on the horizon.（我們等啊等，突然間，我們看到海天交接處駛來一條船。）

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2. out of the blue: if something happens out of the blue, you are not expecting it at all, and you are very surprised by it

例：

Out of the blue, he asked me to come with him to Europe.（他突然邀請(qǐng)我跟他一起去歐洲。）

One evening, Angela phoned me out of the blue and said she was in some kind of trouble.（有天晚上，安杰拉突然打電話跟我說她遇到些麻煩。）

Then, out of the blue, he sold his house and left the country.（然后，他突然賣了房子出國(guó)了。）

She told me, out of the blue, that she was going to live in New York.（突然間，她說要搬到紐約去。）

Do you remember Jane? Well, she phoned me yesterday, completely out of the blue.（你記得簡(jiǎn)嗎？她昨天突然打電話給我。）

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3. abruptly: if something ends or if someone moves or speaks abruptly, they do it suddenly and unexpectedly

例：

The party was stopped abruptly when the police turned up.（警察一出現(xiàn)，派對(duì)戛然而止。）

She turned abruptly and went back inside.（她突然轉(zhuǎn)身進(jìn)屋。）

"You may leave now,'' he said, abruptly.（他突然說：“你可以走了?！保?/span>

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4. without warning: if something bad or dangerous happens without warning, it happens suddenly and there was no sign that it was going to happen

例：

Without warning, tears began to roll down his cheeks.（他突然就哭了。）

At five to four he went into convulsions. It happened suddenly and without warning.（3:55時(shí)他開始抽搐，突然就這樣，毫無預(yù)兆。）

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5. on the spur of the moment: if you do something on the spur of the moment, you suddenly decide to do something that you had not planned to do

例：

I bought the car on the spur of the moment.（我心血來潮買了這輛車。）

On the spur of the moment, we decided to head north instead of east that day.（那天，我們臨時(shí)決定不向東走，而向北走。）

We decided on the spur of the moment to go to the beach.（我們臨時(shí)決定去海邊。）

備注：''on the spur of the moment''是狀語，如果要做形容詞，得用''spur-of-the-moment''。

例：

They made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go to the movies.（他們心血來潮決定去看電影。）

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6. from out of nowhere: if you say that someone does something or something appears from out of nowhere, it happens suddenly so that you are surprised or shocked

備注：或者作''out of nowhere'', ''from nowhere''。

例：

From out of nowhere he asked me to marry him.（他突然向我求婚。）

I was doing 80 miles per hour when from out of nowhere this cop on a motorcycle pulled me over.（騎警在我車速每小時(shí)80英里時(shí)突然把我攔下來了。）

From out of nowhere he asked her if she was having an affair.（他突然問她，她是不是有第三者。）

The car came out of nowhere!（這車突然沖出來?。?/span>

Suddenly, out of nowhere, she offered me the job.（她突然間就聘用我了。）

She rose to fame out of nowhere.（她一夜成名。）

The horse came from nowhere to win the race. （這匹馬不知道從哪兒冒出來，居然贏得了比賽。）