abrupt(形容词):突然的、意外的;(说话/举止)生硬的、唐突的。常见搭配:an abrupt change/end/stop;an abrupt manner/tone。
/əˈbrʌpt/
The meeting came to an abrupt end.
会议突然结束了。
After months of calm, the weather made an abrupt shift, and the storm caught everyone unprepared.
平静了几个月后,天气突然转变,暴风雨让所有人措手不及。
来自拉丁语 abruptus,意为“折断的、突然中断的”,由 *ab-*(“离开、向外”)+ rumpere(“打破、折断”)构成,因此引申出“突然发生/突然中止”的含义。