suspense
英[s?'spens]
美[s?'sp?ns]
- n. 懸念；懸疑；焦慮；懸而不決
中文詞源
suspense 懸念，焦慮
suspend,懸，掛，吊，-s,過去分詞格。引申詞義懸念，焦慮等。
英文詞源
- suspense (n.)
- c. 1400, "abeyance, temporary cessation; state of not being carried out" (of legal matters), from Anglo-French suspens (in en suspens "in abeyance," c. 1300), Old French sospense "delay, deferment (of judgement), act of suspending," from Latin suspensus, past participle of suspendere "to hang up; interrupt" (see suspend). Meaning "state of mental uncertainty with more or less anxiety" (mid-15c.) is from legal meaning, perhaps via notion of "awaiting an expected decision," or from "state of having the mind or thoughts suspended." As a genre of novels, stories, etc., attested from 1951.
雙語例句
- 1. "Go on, don't leave us in suspense," Dennis said.
- 丹尼斯說：“接著說，別吊我們胃口了。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. a tale of mystery and suspense
- 一個神秘莫測、充滿懸念的故事
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.
- 導演用巧妙手法引起觀眾的懸念.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The suspense was unbearable.
- 這樣提心吊膽的狀況實在叫人受不了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Keppler kept all his men in suspense until that morning before announcing which two would be going.
- 開普勒讓所有的下屬都焦急地等待著，直到那天上午才宣布哪兩個人去。
來自柯林斯例句