Suspense
[sə'spens] or [sə'spɛns]
解释:
(noun.) an uncertain cognitive state; 'the matter remained in suspense for several years'.
(noun.) excited anticipation of an approaching climax; 'the play kept the audience in suspense'.
(noun.) apprehension about what is going to happen.
手打:奥斯伯特--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
(a.) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
(a.) The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
(a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
(a.) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
安妮特手打
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Uncertainty, indetermination, incertitude.[2]. Hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, doubt, indecision, vacillation, wavering, scruple, misgiving.[3]. Suspension, intermission, remission, interruption, cessation, stoppage, stop, respite, pause, rest, stay, quiescence.
阿伊达整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Protraction, uncertainty, doubt, solicitude, cessation, pause, waiting,intermission, discontinuance, abeyance, stoppage, indetermination, indecision
ANT:Determination, settlement, execution, continuance, uninterruption, revival,determination, decision, finality
格斯编辑
例句:
- Suspense is irksome, disappointment bitter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- And he too waited in the magical steadfastness of suspense, for her to take this knowledge of him as he had taken it of her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Beth hurried on in a flutter of suspense. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Papa felt so acutely--you know you are not strong, and there must have been such terrible suspense to go through. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Suspense was the devil, and he could not think why Leinster bothered at all about going to Spain unless he really had some such intention. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Suspense was insufferable; so I ventured to send my servant to inquire when the family were expected in London. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- There was a moment of awful suspense as the procession waited for the Honourable Samuel Slumkey to step into his carriage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Such events are very interesting, but the suspense of them cannot last long. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Your suspense is nearly ended, my darling; he shall be restored to you within a few hours; I have encompassed him with every protection. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- If I could but know one thing, what a burden of suspense would be lifted from my shoulders! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- It was the second in Mr. Micawber's week of suspense. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Margaret could not bear the sight of the suspense, which was even more distressing to her father than to herself. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- He may be coming now, and to meet him will save some minutes of suspense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The suspense seemed to have taken a new lease, and to have begun afresh from a recent date. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Of late it had been easy enough for me to look sad: a cankering evil sat at my heart and drained my happiness at its source--the evil of suspense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
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