suspense 音标拼音: [səsp'ɛns]
n . 悬疑,焦虑,悬念,悬而不决
悬疑,焦虑,悬念,悬而不决
suspense 悬置
suspense n 1 :
apprehension about what is going to happen 2 :
an uncertain cognitive state ; "
the matter remained in suspense for several years "
3 :
excited anticipation of an approaching climax ; "
the play kept the audience in suspense "
Suspense \
Sus *
pense "\,
a . [
F .
suspens ,
L .
suspensus ,
p .
p .
of suspendere .
See {
Suspend }.]
1 .
Held or lifted up ;
held or prevented from proceeding .
[
Obs .]
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[
The great light of day ]
suspense in heaven .
--
Milton .
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2 .
Expressing ,
or proceeding from ,
suspense or doubt . [
Obs .]
"
Expectation held his look suspense ." --
Milton .
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Suspense \
Sus *
pense "\,
n . [
From F .
suspens ,
a .
See {
Suspense },
a .]
1 .
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 .
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Ten days the prophet in suspense remained . --
Denham .
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Upon the ticklish balance of suspense . --
Cowper .
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2 .
Cessation for a time ;
stop ;
pause .
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A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain . --
Pope .
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3 . [
Cf .
F .
suspense .] (
Law )
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 .
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{
Suspense account } (
Bookkeeping ),
an account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined .
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124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
suspense ":
abeyance ,
agitation ,
all -
overs ,
angst ,
anticipation ,
anxiety ,
anxiety hysteria ,
anxiety neurosis ,
anxious bench ,
anxious concern ,
anxious seat ,
anxiousness ,
apathy ,
apprehension ,
apprehensiveness ,
cankerworm of care ,
capriciousness ,
care ,
catalepsy ,
catatonia ,
chance ,
chanciness ,
changeableness ,
cliff -
hanging ,
concern ,
concernment ,
danglement ,
dangling ,
deadliness ,
deathliness ,
dependence ,
dependency ,
disquiet ,
disquietude ,
distress ,
disturbance ,
dormancy ,
doubt ,
dread ,
entropy ,
erraticism ,
erraticness ,
excitement ,
expectancy ,
expectant waiting ,
expectation ,
fear ,
fickleness ,
foreboding ,
forebodingness ,
hanging ,
hesitancy ,
hesitation ,
incalculability ,
incertitude ,
indecision ,
indecisiveness ,
indefiniteness ,
indemonstrability ,
indeterminacy ,
indetermination ,
indeterminism ,
indifference ,
indolence ,
inertia ,
inertness ,
inquietude ,
insecurity ,
irresolution ,
languor ,
latency ,
lotus -
eating ,
luck ,
malaise ,
misgiving ,
moratorium ,
nervous strain ,
nervous tension ,
nervousness ,
overanxiety ,
passiveness ,
passivity ,
pendency ,
pendulosity ,
pendulousness ,
pensileness ,
pensility ,
perturbation ,
pessimism ,
pins and needles ,
pucker ,
randomness ,
solicitude ,
stagnancy ,
stagnation ,
stasis ,
stew ,
strain ,
suspensefulness ,
suspension ,
tension ,
torpor ,
trouble ,
unaccountability ,
uncertainness ,
uncertainty ,
uncertainty principle ,
undecidedness ,
undeterminedness ,
uneasiness ,
unforeseeableness ,
unpredictability ,
unprovability ,
unquietness ,
unsureness ,
unverifiability ,
upset ,
vacillation ,
vegetation ,
vexation ,
vis inertiae ,
waiting ,
whimsicality ,
zeal SUSPENSE .
When a rent ,
profit a prendre ,
and the like ,
are ,
in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent , &
c .,
of the land out of which they issue ,
not in esse for a time ,
they are said to be in suspense ,
tunc dormiunt ,
but they may be revived or awakened .
Co ,
Litt .
313 a .
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