sudden
要点突然の
意味
- 突然の,だしぬけの
- 急いだ,あわただしい;急な
例文
The sudden glare impinged painfully on his eyes.
突然の強い光を受けて彼の目は痛いほどだった。
I was surprised at the news of his sudden death.
私は彼の突然の死の知らせを聞いて驚いた。
Her sudden arrival prevented him from going out.
彼女が突然来たので彼は外出することができなかった。
語源
ラテン語subitus「こっそり近づいてきた」から（sub「下」＋ire「行く」）。気づかぬうちに来ている「突然の」。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.