
spontaneously 是副词,核心含义为“自发地;自然地;不由自主地”,描述未经刻意安排或外部推动而自然发生的行为或状态。其英语音标有两种常见标注:英式 /spɒnˈteɪniəsli/,美式 /spɑːnˈteɪniəsli/,重音均在第三个音节上 。
该词强调行为的自主性和自然性,既可用于描述人类的主动行为(如自发聚集、欢呼),也可指生理或自然现象(如泌乳、自愈),还能表达无意识的本能反应 。例如在物理学中,“Heat never flows spontaneously from a cooler to a hotter body”(热绝不会自发地从低温物体流向高温物体),这里的“spontaneously”明确了过程的非人为性 。
Spontaneously Combustible:自燃物品(化学或安全领域术语)
Arises spontaneously:油然而生(指情感或想法自然浮现,如“a feeling of joy arises spontaneously”)
Spontaneously Healed:不药而愈(描述疾病未经治疗自行痊愈)
spontaneously inflammable:可自燃的(用于描述物质的化学性质)
事故发生后,一群人自发地聚集在现场。(A crowd of people gathered spontaneously at the scene of the accident.)
通常女性在分娩后乳房会自然泌乳。(Usually a woman's breasts produce milk spontaneously after the birth.)
听到这个消息,许多人不由自主地站起来欢呼。(Many people spontaneously stood up and cheered when hearing the news.)
这种皮疹会在一周内自行消退,不留后遗症。(This transient rash resolves spontaneously without sequelae over a week.)
他从未主动对我们表现出热情或友好。(He was never spontaneously warm or friendly toward us.)
幼犬会不由自主地跟随人类的指向手势。(Puppies can spontaneously follow a human pointing gesture.)
不要指望友情会自然而然地产生。(Don't expect friendship to happen spontaneously.)
胃饥饿素的增长在不进食两小时后会自发减少。(Ghrelin rise spontaneously decreases after 2 hours without food.)
这幅大型艺术作品是当地艺术家自发创作的。(This large art set was spontaneously produced by local artists.)
头脑在伟大灵魂的陪伴下会自然安静下来。(The mind quiets spontaneously in the company of a great soul.)
从物理现象到人类情感,spontaneously 始终围绕“自然发生”这一核心,其反义词为“deliberately”(刻意地),二者常形成对比 。在日常表达中,它既能体现群体行动的默契,也能描述个体本能的真实反应,是精准传达“非刻意性”的实用词汇。