Abeyance
[ə'beɪəns] or [ə'beəns]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
(n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.
錄入:萨姆纳
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. (Law.) Expectation, prospect, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation.[2]. Suspense, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy, quiescence.
弗朗西斯整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Suspension, reservation, dormancy, expectation, intermission
ANT:Revival, renewal, operation, resuscitation, action, enjoyment, possession,exercise, force
錄入:莫拉
解釋/意思:
n. a state of suspension or expectation: temporary inactivity—also Abey′ancy.—The v. to Abey is rare.
錄入:朱迪思
例句/造句/用法:
- Were they merely kept in temporary abeyance, or even only calloused, it would not be a matter of so much moment. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- You have put many things in abeyance to win a war. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Under such circumstances Mr. Raffles's pleasure in annoying his company was kept in abeyance. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- At length he determined to leave the matter in abeyance for the present, and reverted to the question of Helena. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- While these affairs were in abeyance, our visit to Mr. Boythorn's was postponed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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