Abeyance
[ə'beɪəns] or [ə'beəns]
解释:
(n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
(n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.
录入:萨姆纳
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. (Law.) Expectation, prospect, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation.[2]. Suspense, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy, quiescence.
弗朗西斯整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Suspension, reservation, dormancy, expectation, intermission
ANT:Revival, renewal, operation, resuscitation, action, enjoyment, possession,exercise, force
录入:莫拉
解释:
n. a state of suspension or expectation: temporary inactivity—also Abey′ancy.—The v. to Abey is rare.
录入:朱迪思
例句:
- Were they merely kept in temporary abeyance, or even only calloused, it would not be a matter of so much moment. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Animated by this reflection, he stumps faster, and looks a long way before him, as a man with an ambitious project in abeyance often will do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The Constitution was therefore in abeyance for the time being, so far as it in any way affected the progress and termination of the war. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- You have put many things in abeyance to win a war. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Under such circumstances Mr. Raffles's pleasure in annoying his company was kept in abeyance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- At length he determined to leave the matter in abeyance for the present, and reverted to the question of Helena. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- While these affairs were in abeyance, our visit to Mr. Boythorn's was postponed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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