spontaneous
adjective
uk/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/us/spɑːnˈteɪ.ni.əs/spontaneousadjective(NOT PLANNED)
happeningor done in anatural, oftensuddenway, without anyplanningor without beingforced:
自发的;非筹划安排的;非勉强的Hisjokesseemedspontaneous, but were infactcarefullypreparedbeforehand.他讲的笑话似乎是即兴的,但实际上是事先精心准备好的。
approvingShe's such a spontaneous,livelywoman.她是个为人率直、充满活力的女子。
- I amcertainboth thesestatementswere spontaneous andgenuine.
 - Theaudiencebrokeinto spontaneousapplause.
 - Whathappenedwas not a spontaneousoutburstofviolence.
 - This was a spontaneousoutpouringofemotion.
 - We had noplansto do it - it was a spontaneous thing.
 
Not expected or planned
- abruptly
 - abruptness
 - ad hoc
 - ad hocism
 - ad hockery
 - extemporize
 - hoof
 - inconceivably
 - innocent
 - innocently
 - instinctive
 - instinctively
 - sine die
 - spirit
 - spontaneity
 - spontaneously
 - steepness
 - unannounced
 - unwitting
 - unwittingly
 
spontaneousadjective(NO OUTSIDE CAUSE)
biology,medicalspecialized
happening,especiallyin alivingthing, without beingcausedby somethingoutside, or without the organism'scontrol:
Since spontaneousremissionsarecommonin rheumatoidarthritis, it isimpossibletoattributethem to anyparticulartherapy.
Spontaneousmaturationis whenmeiosiscontinueswithouthormonalstimulation.
- It isestimatedthat spontaneoustendonrupturesoccurin about one in 100,000people.
 - Although about 15percentofcasesareinherited, thevastmajorityappearto be spontaneousgeneticmutations.
 - Thebacteriumiscapableof spontaneousmovement.
 - Thedeliverywas spontaneous,ratherthan aninducedorCaesareanbirth.
 
Animal & plant biology - general words
- abiotic
 - anatomical
 - anatomically correct
 - anti-Darwinian
 - anti-Darwinism
 - biodiversity
 - botany
 - Darwinism
 - entomological
 - entomologist
 - eukaryote
 - fight-or-flight
 - morphology
 - poisonous
 - pseudopod
 - recolonization
 - recolonize
 - regeneration
 - regenerative
 - zoology