But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets,
但是他們出人意料生了個(gè)五胞胎，
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 45 The power of the press
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
?? sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發(fā)覺(jué)自己醒了過(guò)來(lái)，而且高度警覺(jué)。
近義：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反義：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
v. 變?yōu)椋蔀椋?become的過(guò)去式 ）;
"She was made her father's attorney when he became ill."
她在父親生病時(shí)代理父親的事務(wù)。
parents
[['p??r?nts]]
n. 父母；雙親（parent的復(fù)數(shù)）
近義：parentage
反義：offspring, progeny, scions, sons, brood, descendants